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The Stroop Effect and Age

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The Stroop Effect and Age | Science Fair Projects | STEM Projects
Ever wonder how our brains process conflicting information? This science project will explore how age affects our ability to do so. Participants of different ages will be given a test to measure their reaction time to conflicting information. The results will be compared to see if age has an effect on the ability to process conflicting information.

Hypothesis

The hypothesis is that older test subjects perform more poorly at the Stroop test.

Method & Materials

You will divide the participants into three age groups and give them three tests. The first test will involve reading words written in black. The second test will involve reading words written in a color different from the color represented by the written word. The third test will involve announcing the color of the text out loud.
You will need 10 male and 10 female participants aged 10 to 20, 21 to 40, and 41 to 60. You will also need two cards with 50 colors randomly written in black, two cards with 50 colors randomly written where the color of the text must be different from the color represented by the written word, a stopwatch, and an assistant.

Results

The results showed that the younger participants had higher average scores than the older participants in all three tests. This proves that our hypothesis was correct - older test subjects perform more poorly at the Stroop test.

Why do this project?

This science project is interesting because it explores how age affects our ability to process conflicting information. It also enables us to evaluate the reaction time taken required understand and complete the conflicting task.

Also Consider

To improve the reliability and accuracy of our results, a larger sample of participants should be used. This science project may also be repeated, this time, to test if the font size will influence the results of the Stroop effect.

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