The Stroop Experiment: Spanish C1 Reading
A C1 Spanish article about Stroop's 1935 study, the conflict between word meaning and ink colour, and the effect of practice.
La tinta que obliga a frenar: el experimento de Stroop
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About this article
What you'll learn
Scientific vocabulary for experiments, contrast phrases, and advanced concessive and correlative structures.
The article reconstructs the logic of Stroop's three experiments and explains the asymmetry between reading a word and naming its ink colour.
After reading
Article learning block
Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.
A primera vista
newAt first glance
The phrase introduces an initial impression that may later change.
It helps contrast a first impression with a closer analysis.
contra reloj
newAgainst the clock
It describes an action performed under a time limit or with speed being measured.
Useful for tests, competitions, and urgent tasks.
Bajo una condición
newUnder one condition
In research, this marks one version of how a test is conducted.
It helps compare parts of an experiment precisely.
Lejos de desaparecer
newFar from disappearing
The phrase rejects an expected outcome and introduces what actually happened.
It creates a clear contrast in formal writing.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
La tinta
la tinta
Ink
The substance used for printing or writing.
A key word for understanding the Stroop task.
Incongruentes
incongruentes
Incongruent, mismatched
Describes elements that do not agree with each other.
A common term for conflicting stimuli.
Nombrar
nombrar
To name
To say the name of an object, feature, or concept.
Here it distinguishes naming a color from reading a word.
Entorpecer
entorpecer
To hinder, to hamper
To make an action slower or more difficult.
A precise verb for an obstacle that does not completely block something.
La interferencia
la interferencia
Interference
The influence of one process that makes another more difficult.
The central concept in the Stroop experiment.
El hallazgo
El hallazgo
Finding
A result identified by a study from its evidence.
A frequent word in scientific and analytical writing.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Aunque + subjunctive
Aunque la palabra diga otra cosa
Even if the word says otherwise
After «aunque», «diga» presents a concession rather than one specific established fact.
It introduces a possible obstacle that does not change the main conclusion.
No se trataba de..., sino de...
No se trataba de adivinar
It was not about..., but rather about...
The structure corrects a mistaken interpretation and replaces it with a more precise one.
Useful for argument and for clarifying purpose.
Cuanto más..., más...
cuanto más arraigada está una respuesta, más cuesta sustituirla
The more..., the more...
This correlative structure shows how one change accompanies another.
It describes a relationship between two quantities or processes concisely.
Por mucho que + subjunctive
Por mucho que practicasen
No matter how much they practised
The construction expresses concession: even extensive practice did not change the result completely.
It highlights the limit of an action or effort.
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