Well, I've been mulling over responses from last night and this morning. Most responses have suggested that the verbal naming of a color is qualitativelyl different from reading the color name.
I'm still puzzled because with the Coglab it's not a matter of saying the color name outloud--be it a written or visual input; it's a matter of doing a nonverbal task: pressing a button. I'm still mulling...but I appreciate all the input; it gives me more to think about. Where is Gary? Annette > > We�ve been doing CogLab exercises in my cognitive course and will be > > discussing the results in class on Tuesday. > > > > I have some questions for you all. Sometimes I just avoid discussing > > some aspects in class that trouble me. I'd like to not do that this > > time. > > > > It bothers me when we discuss the Stroop effect that color-naming, a > > low- level, simple physical process, which is certainly automatized, is > > inhibited by a higher level, more complex and serial process, reading, > > which is also certainly automatized. Why should the higher level, more > > complicated process dominate the lower level simpler process? Am I > > over-thinking this? > > > > Can anyone point me to a good resolution of this? I usually just talk > > about how automatized reading becomes for us; and that the strength of > > that automatization has a lot to say about being pre-wired for language > > etc. etc. all the usual related stuff. > > > > BUT in my head, I am bothered by the question above. > > > > This is further complicated in that we do the brain asymmetry task in > > the same unit (we only meet once per week) and so when the two are > > juxtaposed, it would seem even more so that the lower level task should > > be faster, and therefore should dominate the word-processing task. > > > > So overall I would think that color naming would inhibit reading and not > > be inhibited by reading, > > > > Comments on this one are welcomed as well. > > > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. > > Department of Psychology > > University of San Diego > > 5998 Alcala Park > > San Diego, CA 92110 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Department of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
