How fast is your child’s brain working?

The famous «Stroop Effect» is named after J. Ridley Stroop who discovered this strange phenomenon in the 1930s. Here is your job: name the colors of the following words. Do NOT read the words…rather, say the color of the words. For example, if the word «BLUE» is printed in a red color, you should say «RED». Say the colors as fast as you can. It is not as easy as you might think!

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Why? The words themselves have a strong influence over your ability to say the color. The interference between the different information (what the words say and the color of the words) your brain receives causes a problem.

The stroop test will give parent’s a good indication of how quickly the child processes the information, especially when you can do this with a few children of the same age. Most people complete…