• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Tracking Health and Wellness Applications of Brain Science

Spanish
sb-logo-with-brain
  • Resources
    • Monthly eNewsletter
    • Solving the Brain Fitness Puzzle
    • The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness
    • How to evaluate brain training claims
    • Resources at a Glance
  • Brain Teasers
    • Top 25 Brain Teasers & Games for Teens and Adults
    • Brain Teasers for each Cognitive Ability
    • More Mind Teasers & Games for Adults of any Age
  • Virtual Summits
    • 2019 SharpBrains Virtual Summit
    • Speaker Roster
    • Brainnovations Pitch Contest
    • 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit
    • 2016 SharpBrains Virtual Summit
    • 2015 SharpBrains Virtual Summit
    • 2014 SharpBrains Virtual Summit
  • Report: Pervasive Neurotechnology
  • Report: Digital Brain Health
  • About
    • Mission & Team
    • Endorsements
    • Public Speaking
    • In the News
    • Contact Us

#1. The Stroop Test: Great brain teaser to challenge your mental vitality and flexibility

October 5, 2006 by SharpBrains

stroop-testReady to test your men­tal vital­i­ty and flexibility?

Quick — say aloud what col­or you see in every word, NOT the word you read.

Go from left to right, from top to down. Ready. Set. Go!

—-

Not easy, right? This task is called the Stroop Test, and is used in neu­ropsy­cho­log­i­cal eval­u­a­tions to mea­sure men­tal vital­i­ty and flex­i­bil­i­ty, since per­form­ing well requires strong atten­tion, inhi­bi­tion and self-reg­u­la­tion capa­bil­i­ty (also called exec­u­tive func­tions).

Next brain teas­er in Sharp­Brains’ top 25 series:

  • #2. You say you can count? Check out this brief atten­tion experiment

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • Email
  • Print
  • More
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Pock­et

Filed Under: Brain Teasers Tagged With: Brain Teasers, Brain-exercises, Brain-games, Brain-Training, Cognitive Neuroscience, Mental-flexibility, Mind-Games, mind-teaser, stroop-neuropsychological, what-is-the-stroop-test

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Bill Wright` says

    January 8, 2009 at 9:57

    try focus­ing on the last let­ter of each word to see only the actu­al color

  2. Kyriakos says

    February 23, 2009 at 2:56

    I just made my vision blur­ry so I can­not read just see the colors:)

  3. maya says

    February 23, 2009 at 11:32

    woah that was kin­da realy hard. like at first it was eaasy but then i saw how it changed and it was hard for my brain to try and say the right col­or! it was fun though:]

  4. Raghu says

    February 24, 2009 at 10:14

    I was able to cor­rect­ly iden­ti­fy the col­or when start­ed from bottom.

  5. pavan says

    March 28, 2009 at 3:30

    hey anoth­er way of going through eas­i­ly is just look at the col­or, and dont let your brain read the spelling at start. Then you can eas­i­ly go through this. It worked for me!!

  6. Bernie says

    March 29, 2009 at 4:53

    Pos­es no problem
    for those who are
    literate.

  7. Bernie says

    March 29, 2009 at 4:57

    The rest of you are
    fuckwits.

    last word doesn’t
    pass the spellchecker,
    but check:

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fuckwit.

  8. Anoop Jayaram says

    April 2, 2009 at 11:37

    Nice & Sim­ple One! enjoyed it.

    it chal­lenges our brain’s ten­den­cy to scan through words.

  9. ardit says

    April 18, 2009 at 3:29

    it was very easy for me.
    maybe because i was tired and my brain for­got to focus on the mean­ing of the words…
    fun­ny.. the best way is not to try hard

  10. Tammy says

    May 18, 2009 at 11:13

    if you blur your vision its real­ly easy because you cant c the words!

  11. Constantina says

    October 13, 2009 at 6:16

    I pro­gressed through the first two lines and then got mixed up as i went through the oth­er lines. I have to observe the instruc­tions properly.

  12. Florence says

    October 20, 2009 at 12:07

    Read from the bot­tom and it was faster. Con­cen­tra­tion slows down when read from top to bot­tom. Great exer­cise !!! Thanks.

  13. Brenda Kane says

    October 20, 2009 at 7:28

    I cheat­ed and took my glass off! Worked fine and fast.
    I put them back on and it was much more difficult.
    Hope I’m not one that looks but does­n’t see.
    Thanks, fun.

  14. Tom says

    October 21, 2009 at 7:33

    If you need­ed to be lit­er­ate you prob­a­bly did­n’t under­stand the exer­cise. bet you got most of them wrong.

  15. Lauren Winters says

    October 25, 2009 at 3:07

    I have always had my own trick when doing things like this. I just make my sight blur­ry, so all I can see is the col­or shown and not be able to read the word. [:

  16. tuaua says

    October 25, 2009 at 10:29

    I recent­ly done the test in my neu­ropsy­cho­log­i­cal assessment.I had a stroke 2yrs ago. I moved thru test slow­ly, found it hard to focus & con­cen­trate but after I gave it a few go’s I got the hang of it .It’s ide­al for brain train­ing & stim­u­la­tion along with all oth­er brainteasers.

  17. Aley Lawrence says

    November 1, 2009 at 10:47

    I can do it eas­i­ly by blur­ring my vision through nar­row­ing my eyes

  18. michelle says

    November 10, 2009 at 11:41

    it gave me a headache

  19. Bob Beaver says

    November 15, 2009 at 3:55

    A most inter­est­ing exer­cise, par­tic­u­lar­ly as one is con­scious (aware) that the brain is strug­gling against what the eyes see and what the mouth wants to say. I enjoyed the exer­cise, but then again, being an edu­cat­ed Eng­lish­man my brain always fas­ci­nates me.

  20. Khalil says

    November 15, 2009 at 10:57

    Well it was to say sec­ond time. I used a trick, I did not see the com­plete words while say­ing, I just con­cen­trate on the col­or of last alpha­bet of the word, did not look the whole word at all, in just sec­ond attmept the result was 100%..cool
    KA

« Older Comments

Primary Sidebar

Top Articles on Brain Health and Neuroplasticity

  1. Can you grow your hippocampus? Yes. Here’s how, and why it matters
  2. How learning changes your brain
  3. To harness neuroplasticity, start with enthusiasm
  4. Three ways to protect your mental health during –and after– COVID-19
  5. Why you turn down the radio when you're lost
  6. Solving the Brain Fitness Puzzle Is the Key to Self-Empowered Aging
  7. Ten neu­rotech­nolo­gies about to trans­form brain enhance­ment & health
  8. Five reasons the future of brain enhancement is digital, pervasive and (hopefully) bright
  9. What Educators and Parents Should Know About Neuroplasticity and Dance
  10. The Ten Habits of Highly Effective Brains
  11. Six tips to build resilience and prevent brain-damaging stress
  12. Can brain training work? Yes, if it meets these 5 conditions
  13. What are cognitive abilities and how to boost them?
  14. Eight Tips To Remember What You Read
  15. Twenty Must-Know Facts to Harness Neuroplasticity and Improve Brain Health

Top 10 Brain Teasers and Illusions

  1. You think you know the colors? Try the Stroop Test
  2. Check out this brief attention experiment
  3. Test your stress level
  4. Guess: Are there more brain connections or leaves in the Amazon?
  5. Quick brain teasers to flex two key men­tal mus­cles
  6. Count the Fs in this sentence
  7. Can you iden­tify Apple’s logo?
  8. Ten classic optical illu­sions to trick your mind
  9. What do you see?
  10. Fun Mental Rotation challenge
  • Check our Top 25 Brain Teasers, Games and Illusions

Join 12,620 readers exploring, at no cost, the latest in neuroplasticity and brain health.

By subscribing you agree to receive our free, monthly eNewsletter. We don't rent or sell emails collected, and you may unsubscribe at any time.

IMPORTANT: Please check your inbox or spam folder in a couple minutes and confirm your subscription.

Get In Touch!

Contact Us

660 4th Street, Suite 205,
San Francisco, CA 94107 USA

About Us

SharpBrains is an independent market research firm tracking health and performance applications of brain science. We prepare general and tailored market reports, publish consumer guides, produce an annual global and virtual conference, and provide strategic advisory services.

© 2022 SharpBrains. All Rights Reserved - Privacy Policy