Bilingual Stroop Test with Pseudohomophones

Emmanuelle Wilson
Prof. Masahiro Hara and Dr. Robert Tigner , Faculty Mentors

This study examines Spanish-English bilinguals’ performance on adapted Stroop tests. A Stroop test requires participants to name the font color of a word while ignoring what the word says. Participants completed two types of Stroop tests, one in which the stimulus language and response language match (same language), and one in which they did not (mixed language). In each, the Stroop test employed both color words (BLUE) and color word pseudohomophones (BLOO), in congruent (BLUE/BLOO written in blue) and incongruent (BLUE/BLOO written in red) trials. The study addresses the conflicting results of whether bilinguals perform better on same or mixed language tests, and is the first to explore the effect of pseudohomophones on bilinguals' Stroop reaction times.

Keywords: Stroop test, bilingual, pseudohomophone, Spanish, English, inhibition, congruent, incongruent

Topic(s):Linguistics
Psychology
Spanish

Presentation Type: Oral Presentation

Session: TBA
Location: TBA
Time: TBA