Your brain can trip over a word even when you know the answer.

The Stroop effect shows how automatic reading can interfere with naming the color of a word.

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The Stroop effect shows how automatic reading can interfere with naming the color of a word.

In psychology, the Stroop effect is the delay in reaction time between neutral and incongruent stimuli.

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  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroop_effect
  2. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q384176