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The Stroop Colour-Word Test can be used to illustrate the difficulties which we can experience in separating labels from what they refer to (see below). Try counting the number of green words, for instance.

red green blue green red yellow
blue yellow red blue yellow green
red blue blue yellow yellow blue
red blue yellow red green green
red green green green green blue
blue yellow yellow yellow yellow red
green yellow blue green red blue
green red red green red green
blue red yellow yellow red blue
yellow blue yellow blue red blue
green green yellow green red yellow
blue yellow blue red blue red
blue green red yellow blue green
green red yellow blue yellow blue

document revised 13 Aug 2005