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Age‐related decrements in stroop color test performance
Author(s) -
Cohn Nancy B.,
Dustman Robert E.,
Bradford David C.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198409)40:5<1244::aid-jclp2270400521>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - stroop effect , psychology , audiology , neuropsychology , neuropsychological test , test (biology) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , cognition , psychiatry , medicine , paleontology , biology
Administered a modified Stroop Color‐Word Test to 80 healthy males aged 21‐90 years as part of a study of neuropsychological functioning. No age differences were demonstrated on simple reading tasks; however, significant age effects were observed for the color naming and interference tasks ( ps < 001). Ss in the oldest age groups (61‐70 and 71‐90 years) performed more slowly than younger individuals on both of these. Of a variety of tests administered, performance on the Stroop Test was most affected by age. Because impairment on Stroop color naming and interference tests appears to be a concomitant of normal aging, caution should be exercised when one is interpreting Stroop test results from older patients with suspected cerebral dysfunction.