Psychology
Why red words in blue ink slow your brain down
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Your brain's autopilot features occasionally crash into each other. The Stroop effect perfectly demonstrates cognitive interference. Because you are a fluent reader, your brain reads the meaning of a word instantly and automatically. When that word's meaning conflicts with the color of its ink, your brain's language processing and visual processing basically get into a fistfight.
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