Gender differences in the Stroop Colour-Word task: a meta-analysis

This study was designed to determine the effect of sex on the color word subtask of the Stroop Test, which requires participants to specify an ink color for unadjusted color words. This subject has been studied for more than 80 years but never has been analyzed systematically about the impact on gender. Use the meta-analysis program to identify the systematic gender difference of the Stroop Color-Word subtask. A total of 126 effects amount was confirmed from 60 studies. The results found a significant female superiority overall, but its effect was very small, d = 0.12. The benefits of all ages and cultures are important. However, the advantages of women are highly dependent on the extent to which the Stroop version is used. Version measured in reaction time is small effect size (d = 0.22), single reaction time version shows moderate advantage (d = 0.47). In version calculation, there is no difference in the number of colors specified within the time range (d = 0.04). The results show that the feminine advantage is small for the Stroop task, but the strength of this difference depends greatly on the difference in measurement between the different versions of the task.

In the context of the Stroop Color Word task, we examine the sex of processing speed. In general, a strike interference effect was observed. Word reading is faster than color naming. Specifying the color of incompatible color words instead of the X series will make the response time much slower. Compared to men, female participants react more quickly when giving names to incompatible color words. In contrast, women and male participants did the same thing with reading words and color naming tasks. These findings are not enough to confirm the gender difference of the stroop interference effect

This study was designed to determine the effect of sex on the color word subtask of the Stroop Test, which requires participants to specify an ink color for unadjusted color words. This subject has been studied for more than 80 years but never has been analyzed systematically about the impact on gender. Use the meta-analysis program to identify the systematic gender difference of the Stroop Color-Word subtask. A total of 126 effects amount was confirmed from 60 studies. The results found a significant female superiority overall, but its effect was very small, d = 0.12. The benefits of all ages and cultures are important. The results show that the feminine advantage is small for the Stroop task, but the strength of this difference depends greatly on the difference in measurement between the different versions of the task.