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- dbspin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This is based on a famous psychological finding called the stroop effect - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroop_effect.
Wikipedia's stub is kinda weak, so here's an ego link to a report I did on it for college - http://dbspin.com/academic/stroop.htm.
I wouldn't worry about your performance, that fact that it uses mouse movement and onscreen buttons rather than keypresses makes the results experimentally invalid. - solmakou, on 11/29/2008, -0/+1Greatest Game Ever
- AdamCo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I see no colors, I right clicked and unchecked play so it stops and I can't find anything to look at besides the title at the top and the time bar to the right, then there are the gray buttons with color names on them.
- catullus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1it's a very good game but it seems the directions (or lack thereof) are a bit off. it implies there will actually be different visible colors to click on, when
in actualiy you are supposed to click on one of six grey boxes, each with the name of a different color writen on it. then you are supposed to click whichever box has the name of the color that is also the filling of the big word
^just a little clarification - Elxx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Heheh, I loved the music. "Click the colour and...not the wo-oord..."
- surf314, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1My girlfriend kicked my ass. We were doing it together and apparently I was just getting in her way so she cast me aside and got a 42.
- savmac, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That damn song is gonna be in my head all night now.
- pox05, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I found the best way to play this game is to say the color out loud, which makes it quite easy.
- ajb2015, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0the music is really annoying
- alloneword, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0yeah, I can't work out why it does't work in Linux .... most strange
- ajb2015, on 10/12/2007, -0/+012 on my laptop with a touch pad
- IraqManiac, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0ahhh there's something wrong with my mousepad and my mouse keeps moving around... I got 19 on second try, then for some reason I couldn't get past 5 after that
- yesitsbrewha, on 10/12/2007, -0/+088 here. Nice game. Not to hard just train your brain to do what it says. Nice find.
- asshat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+072 score Ez styleZ. teh music will bring me nightmares though t.t
- vuzman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1@dbspin: Maybe you should update the Wikipedia entry... that's the whole point.
- Jaan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'm the guy with the high score ... it's easy, just look at the last couple of letters, so you're not reading the word, just looking at the color (c:
- gloomybear, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I'm colorblind - best I got was 4. That sux.
- Lung-Dart, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Also Linux/firefox and no go, no word at all. Why should that matter with flash, blarg.
- meatypuffs, on 10/12/2007, -1/+086 on my 4th or 5th try. Not too hard, but like rookieone said, don't focus on the word, i wasn't even looking at it most of the time, just kind of using my peripheral vision to spot the color. work on memorizing the location of the color options too, that really helps.
- JSatt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0that's really hard, I couldn't figure it out for a while then i only got to ten
- rookieone, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0i got me a 46 in the first try...its pretty easy just dont focus on the word really just like keep looking at the options there are and see what color the word is and lood for that color...just dont really focus on the word.
- vuzman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0@AdamCo: I was confused at first too, but the word itself is the color. If the word "blue" is flashing, but the letters themselves are not blue, but pink, then you should press the gray button that is labeled "pink".
- bwats2, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I got a score of 23.
- DownloadThis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I got a 66 on my first try (level 5).. I'm usually pretty good at these things. :)
- AdamCo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I'm also running linux/firefox, tried it on Konqueor and the same thing happened.
- AdamCo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Ok, I found another game with the same concept and I know what is going on now, but I don't see anything like that on this game, I dunno.
- FamilyGuy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Yay for DownloadThis!
- matthew, on 10/12/2007, -1/+063! If you squint it helps so that you can concentrate on the color and not the word.
- eclectro, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0^^had the same problem. I'm running linux/firefox. Tho being flash it shouldn't matter.
- elusive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I tried it in Linux and Windows. It only works in Windows. In Linux everything works except the color never actually shows up.
- wingnut2600, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I was upset that I was not the first to name this as the Stroop effect and insert a link... but the above link is dead, so I can feel free to deposit a link.
Here is a link explaining the Stroop effect for kids (informative, clear, and from my alma mater): http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/words.html - IceKnight, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0bored after 100 and quit
- aots_fan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+022 :(
- jayred, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I got 96 on my second try.
- dbspin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0vusman - you're absolutely right. I've updated the wikipedia article -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroop_effect - dbspin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0As wingnut complained, the link is dead, I am an idiot and put a full stop at the end (or digg's link generating code is idiotic, and fails to realise, either way). Heres the correct link -
http://dbspin.com/academic/stroop.htm - D4RKfantasy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+046 on first try
- TheMadMonk, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Got 57, on my 2nd try, after figuring it out it isn't too hard; level 3 is either really long or the last level, because mine stopped get any faster.
- bunzai, on 10/12/2007, -1/+011 at 2nd level...cruel games..
- fiend.lord, on 10/12/2007, -1/+073 frist try YEYUH, that's enough of that though. I really liked the song, hah..
- SuperMoonMan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I had 20, but then I clicked on the word and it didn't work. Oh well.
- techforce, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Oh my God, my Mom got 127!
(Your Mom goes to college) - tastle, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0The game made no sense at first. All my buttons are gray! lol
- robweber, on 10/12/2007, -1/+089 on second try, made it to the fourth level
- kjartan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+07......I got 7 on the 5th try. lol---I must be really screwed up.
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