Stroop interference: Hemispheric difference in Chinese speakers

Tsao, Yao-Chung; Wu, Ming-Fung; Feustel, Timothy C.

doi:10.1016/0093-934x(81)90101-2

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“…Compared to previous studies using the incongruent color-words paradigm, but with only behavioral measures (Tsao et al, 1979;1981;Schmit & Davis, 1974;Hugdahl & Franzon, 1985), it is clear that the present data empirically support previous results on the relationship between incongruent color-words and hemispheric asymmetry.…”

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The incongruent color‐words paradigm and language lateralization: An EEG‐study

Hugdahl¹,

Franzon²

1985

Scandinavian J Psychology

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Franzon, M. The incongruent color words paradigm and language lateralization: An EEG-study. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 1985,26 321-326.The present study utilizes an incongruent color-words paradigm, where color-words are briefly flashed either to the left or to the right of the center of futation. The hypothesis is that a greater conflict between the word and the color the word is written in will occur in the left hemisphere than in the right hemisphere, if the task of the subject is to report only the color. In previous studies, however, only behavioral measures, like vocal reaction time and error frequency, have been used to assess asymmetry. In the presented experiment we have added analysis of the 8-13 Hz EEG alpha difference between the hemispheres, predicting greater alpha reduction to the color-words in the left hemisphere, but not to the control stimuli. Twenty intact, male, dextrals participated. Results supported the prediction, witha 8.3% reduction of alpha activity in the left hemisphere to the color words, compared to a 1.9% reduction in the right hemisphere. No difference was found to the control stimuli.

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“…In a recent series of papers (Tsao, Feustel & Soseos, 1979; Tsao, Wu & Feustel, 1981; Schmit & Davis, 1974; Dyer, 1973;Hugdahl & Franzon, 1985) it has been argued that single trial presentations of incongruent color-words in a Visual Half-Field (VHF) paradigm is a useful technique for revealing hemisphere asymmetry for language in the intact brain.…”

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The incongruent color‐words paradigm and language lateralization: An EEG‐study

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Franzon²

1985

Scandinavian J Psychology

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“…2. Two recent experimental reports (Hatta, 1981';Tsao, Wu, & Feustel, 1981) came to our attention after the submission of this paper. Both studied the Stroop effect in different writing systems with a visual half-field experimental paradigm.…”

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Intralanguage vs. interlanguage Stroop effects in two types of writing systems

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The relation between word processing strategy and the orthographic structure of a written language was explored in the present study. Three experiments were conducted using ChineseEnglish, Spanish-English, and Japanese-English bilinguals, respectively. Each subject was asked to perform a modified Stroop color-naming task in which the stimulus and the response language were either the same or different. The magnitude of the Stroop effect was greater in the intralanguage condition than in the interlanguage condition. When the magnitude of reduction of Stroop interference from the intra-to the interlanguage condition was compared across all bilingual groups, an inverse relationship was found between the magnitude of reduction and the degree of similarity between the orthographic structures of the two written languages. It is concluded that reading logographic and reading phonetic symbols entail different processing mechanisms and that controversial issues in bilingual processing cannot be resolved without taking into account the effect of orthographic variations on the information processing system. The invention of written symbols to represent spoken language is undoubtedly one of the most important achievements in the history of mankind. The written symbol has enabled us to overcome the limitations of space and time imposed by oral communication and has allowed us to extend our thoughts across centuries as well as continents.There have been many different types of writing systems invented to represent various types of spoken languages. The designing principles for writing systems can be divided into two different categories. The first type of orthography evolved from the earlier semasiography, which expresses a general idea in picture drawings rather than a sequence of words in a sentence, to logographs with each symbol expressing a single particular morpheme. The concept underlying the We thank Jessie S. H. Deou and Susan Stone for their great help in conducting the third experiment and Katherine Malley for her helpful comments on earlier drafts. The final version of this paper has also benefited from comments made by Irving Biederman and the reviewers. The present study was supported in part by an Inter-Campus Research Fund from the Academic Senate of the University of California, Riverside, to the second author, and in part by a traineeship from the National Institute of Mental Health to the third author (supervised by Robert Singer). development of this type of orthography is to map the written symbols directly onto meaning. The second type of orthography evolved from the rebus (a representation of a word or phrase by pictures that suggest how a word is pronounced in the spoken language; see Figure 1) to the syllabary and then to the alphabet. The concept behind it is sound writing. That is, the relation of sign to meaning is meant to be mediated through the sound system of the spoken language. This difference in how lexical units may be recovered from written symbols raises an important and interesting quest...

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“…With Chinese characters 40 and with Japanese Kanji (individual Kanji recognition), 41 the Stroop interference is most pronounced when stimuli are presented to the right hemisphere. Hatta 41 states: "Recent investigations indicate a right hemisphere advantage for processing color information and a right hemisphere advantage for processing individual Kanji.…”

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Cognitive color

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Color Research & Application

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This report surveys cognitive aspects of color in terms of behavioral, neuropsychological, and neurophysiological data. Color is usually defined as a color stimulus or as perceived color. In this article, a definition of the concept of cognitive color is formulated. To elucidate this concept, those visual tasks are described where it is relevant: in color categorization, color coding, color naming, the Stroop effect, spatial organization of colored visual objects, visual search, and color memory. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Col Res Appl, 29, 7–19, 2004; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/col.10209

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Stroop interference: Hemispheric difference in Chinese speakers

Cited by 37 publications

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The incongruent color‐words paradigm and language lateralization: An EEG‐study

The incongruent color‐words paradigm and language lateralization: An EEG‐study

Intralanguage vs. interlanguage Stroop effects in two types of writing systems

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