Stroop

Neuropsychological
Screening Test
Warda Saleh
Description
• SNST is a standardized version of Stroop Procedure
• Developers:
• Max R. Trenerry, PhD, Bruce Crosson, PhD, James DeBoe, PhD, and William
R. Leber, PhD
• Task: naming colors and naming color-words
• Purpose: Screens for brain damage
• Format: Paper and pencil
• Age range: 18 years-79 years
• Time: 4 minutes
• Rationale: color-word task takes more time than color task in the
following increasing order of interference effects.
• Normal
• Non-aphasic patients with left-hemisphere lesions
• Aphasic patients with right hemisphere lesions
Development
• Catell’s (1886) and Brown’s (1915)Report:
• Reading color names required less time than naming
colors
• Stroop Task: In 1935, Stroop introduced the basic
format of the test
• RED or BLUE → Stroop Effect
• SNTS:
• Color and color-word task form original stroop procedure
selected→ best indicators for brain damage
• Four colors ( red, blue, green, tan) with monosyllabic
words selected
Appropriate Test Takers
• Age: 18 and older
• Corrected vision adequate for normal reading
• Are able to produce appropriate verbal response
without effort
Professional Requirements
• Administration does not require formal professional
training
• Training and knowledge required for scoring and
interpretation
Administration
• Test Materials
• Professional Manual
• Form C Stimulus Sheet: 112 color names arranged in 4
columns of 28 names
• Names in 4 different inks
• No ink color matching name
• Form C-W Stimulus Sheet
• Same as form C but different order
• SNST Record Form
• Demographic data, clinical data, responses for C Task and C-W
Task
Administration
• Testing Conditions
• Timed Test
• Environment free from distraction
• Lightning sufficient
• Subjects should wear corrective lens if needed
Administration
• Task 1: Color Task:
• Place Form C Stimulus Sheet on a flat surface in front of subject and say:
• On this page are some words. I would like you to read these words aloud as
quickly as you can, starting at the top of the first column. When you finish this
column, go to the top of the next column and so on (point to the top of the
column and indicate that the subject should read all the columns in the same
manner). Read the words aloud as quickly and as accurately as you can. If you
make a mistake, just correct yourself and keep on going. Ready? Begin.
• Responses are recorded on Record form for the two tasks in their
separate sections.
• √ for correct responses next to items
• X for incorrect response
• C if the subjects makes an incorrect response and corrects it
simultaneously
• End the task after 120 seconds and remove the Form.
Administration
• Task 2: Color-Word Task:
• Place Form C-W Stimulus Sheet on a flat surface in front of subject and
say:
• Here is a page with more word son it. This time, I would like you to name aloud the
color of the ink-red, blue, green, or tan (point to words printed in these colors)-in
which the word is printed. Go as quickly as you can, going down the columns just
as you did before. For the first one, you would say ”RED”. Understand? If you make
a mistake, just correct yourself and keep on going. Name the color of the ink as
quickly and as accurately as you can. Ready? Begin.
• Allow subjects 120 seconds to responds
• Responses are recorded on Record form for the two tasks in their
separate sections.
• √ for correct responses next to items
• X for incorrect response
• C if the subjects makes an incorrect response and corrects it
simultaneously
• End the task after 120 minutes and remove the Form.
Additional Guidelines
• Do not let subjects lift up the stimulus
• Do not let subjects cover up any part of the word
• If the subject starts at the wrong column or skips,
redirect the to the right one
• Do not tell the correct response
Scoring
• Color-Word Score is the primary score used for interpretation.
• No need to calculate difference score b/w color score and
color-word score
• Color Score = No. of correct responses/no. of items
completed - no. of incorrect responses
• Color-Word Score = No. of correct responses/no. of items
completed - no. of incorrect responses
• Convert the score Percentiles and probability values for
Color-Word Score for Adults:
• 18-49
• 50+
Interpretation
• Normative Sample: 156 adults in 18-76 age range
• Adults above 50 had lower mean for color-word score
and greater SDs, therefore, norms are separate
• Lower color-word score/lower percentiles = greater
degree of interference = common in brain-damaged
populations
• Cut-Off score:
• 18-49 = 99 score
• 50 + = 63