Proofreaders' decreased Stroop interference.
12 professional proofreaders and 12 control subjects performed a Stroop color-word task. The control subjects showed significantly more Stroop interference than did the proofreaders. It appears that a career in proofreading makes it easier for subjects to ignore the meaning of word stimuli.
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Pace University, Pleasantville, NY 10570-2799, USA.
Hines
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D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D003118:Color Perception; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011214:Practice, Psychological; D011932:Reading; D012660:Semantics