When fluent English readers are presented with the Stroop interference task, their automatic processing of word meanings is just too strong to ignore and interferes with their naming of the ink colors.

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In the Stroop interference task, fluent English readers experience difficulty in naming the ink color of a word when the word itself is a different color name (e.g., the word "red" printed in blue ink). This is because the automatic process of reading the word interferes with the task of naming the ink color, demonstrating the strong automatic processing of word meanings that cannot be easily ignored.

When Fluent English Readers Are Presented with the Stroop Interference