Question Of The Day, Friday, January 25

[Winchester]

Good morning! And Happy Friday!

Here's something for you on a Friday morning:

Are you more controlled by your left brain or your right? Do you have trouble saying the name of the color and not the word?

I could do it, but I had to stop and think about the last word. Don't know why. What about you? How did you do?

 

[Katie M]

I managed all of them

 

[Kat0121]

The last one almost got me too.

 

[Lari]

I did it! It got easier as I went along, though I was also tripped up by the last - I think because I assumed it was another blue and it wasn't until I looked close I knew it was purple.

 

[LTS3]

One of my friends in high school did a science project on this exact thing. It's called the "stroop effect".

I have to think for a second to ignore the word and say the color the word is in.

 

[Tobermory]

It really took concentration when I went left to right, but it was much easier when I switched directions so I wasn’t “reading” the words. It would be interesting to see if people whose languages read from right to left would find it easier!

 

[neely]

Although I did it I realized I am extremely more prone to reading the word. I guess that makes me controlled by my left brain.

 

[DreamerRose]

I had trouble reading the word too.

 

[betsygee]

That's interesting! It's harder than it seems.

 

[mama africa]

It was not easy, but I managed to say the colors. I wonder if being a non-native speaker of English -English is my third language- is complicating or facilitating it.

 

[aliceneko]

I managed all of them.

 

[bodester413]

I did it and it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be which surprised me..... I wonder if it has something to do with being left handed? I think they say a lot of left handed people are right brain dominant.

 

[kashmir64]

I did it and it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be which surprised me..... I wonder if it has something to do with being left handed? I think they say a lot of left handed people are right brain dominant.

I doubt that. I read through all of them perfectly without hesitation, and my left hand is brain dead.

 

[PipersMom]

I was able to do it. I started strong, but started to slow down midway through and have to think about it more. I'm definitely more inclined to want to read the word than say the color.

 

[denice]

I was able to do it but I had to concentrate to say the color rather then the word. It is a little easier from right to left.

 

[1 bruce 1]

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Are you more controlled by your left brain or your right? Do you have trouble saying the name of the color and not the word?

What brain?

I failed, twice, then tried again going slower and missed the first 3. Then it got easier and fudged up the very last word/color.
Wife stumbled through 2 or 3 but aced it compared to little ol' me...
This is why she's The Boss.

 

[micknsnicks2mom]

the first couple were harder for me, i wanted to say the word. after that, i concentrated on the color of the words only, and was able to get the rest right. except the last one, which to me looked like blue, but was purple.

 

[JamesCalifornia]

What brain?
I failed, twice, then tried again going slower and missed the first 3. Then it got easier and fudged up the very last word/color.

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[rgwanner]

I did it and it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be which surprised me..... I wonder if it has something to do with being left handed? I think they say a lot of left handed people are right brain dominant.

IO am left handed too and when I went slow and thought about it I did not have a hard time doing it.

 

[Norachan]

It would be interesting to see if people whose languages read from right to left would find it easier!

Oh, I've been in Japan too long! I was reading top to bottom.