Stress at the Table : Transposition of the Stroop task for the Interactive TangiSense Table
Résumé
The Stroop effect was examined using the interactive TangiSense table that is equipped with RFID technology. Participants moved a tangible object from a start zone to one of four colored zones. The correct colored zone was indicated by a word for a color displayed in congruent colored LED lights (e.g., "yellow" displayed in yellow), or displayed in an incongruent color, (e.g., "yellow" in red). Participants placed the object in the wrong zone more often and took more time to move the object from the start to a colored zone when the word was lit with an incongruent than congruent color. These results indicate that co-occurring and conflicting information streams can negatively affect the usage of interactive tables and that the TangiSense table has applicable value for psychological research.