Volume 24, Issue 104, July - August, 2020

Practice and order effect of 5 alternate forms of Colour Word Stroop Test: A Pilot Study

Shweta Shenoy^1♦, Prachi Khandekar², Abhinav Sathe³

¹Head and Dean, MYAS- GNDU, Department of Sports Sciences and Medicine, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India
²Research Fellow, MYAS- GNDU, Department of Sports Sciences and Medicine, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India
³Research Fellow, MYAS- GNDU, Department of Sports Sciences and Medicine, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India

^♦Corresponding author
Head and Dean, MYAS- GNDU, Department of Sports Sciences and Medicine, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India; Email: drshweta.sportsmed@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the practice effect of 5 repetitions of alternate forms of Colour Word Stroop test (CWST) and effect of order. This was aimed at determining the number of efforts required to attenuate the practice effect. Material and methods: 5 alternate versions of the CWST were administered to 43 young healthy adult males and female who were divided into 5 different groups randomly on the basis of the sequence of administration of 5 different versions of CWST. Results: Repeated measure ANOVA revealed that practice effect occurred on consecutive administration of the test, but its effect diminished after 4 repetitions. No significant difference between orders of administration of 5 versions was found. Conclusion: Minimum 4 sessions of practice should be given with the alternate forms of CWST to diminish the effect of learning.

Keywords: Practice effect; Stroop test; Neuropsychological; Cognitive interference; Colour word test

Medical Science, 2020, 24(104), 2760-2766

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