Auditory Stroop
Audio Variant
What is this?
Words "HIGH" or "LOW" are spoken in a high or low pitched tone. Identify the pitch, not the word. This variant takes the Stroop paradigm into the auditory domain, demonstrating that cognitive interference is not limited to visual processing.
What does it measure?
Cross-modal interference in the auditory domain. The Auditory Stroop measures how automatically we process the semantic meaning of spoken words and whether that meaning can interfere with our ability to judge non-semantic auditory properties like pitch.
How it works
- 1You will hear a word spoken in a particular pitch.
- 2Identify whether the PITCH was high or low, ignoring the meaning of the word.
- 3For example, if you hear "LOW" spoken in a high pitch, the answer is high.
- 4Respond as quickly and accurately as possible for each trial.
Fun fact
Auditory Stroop variants are used in cognitive-motor dual-task research and to study speech understanding in noisy environments. They are also particularly useful in driving safety research, where auditory processing is critical and visual attention is occupied by the road.