Stroop Test Statistics — Real Data From Real Players

Every session played on stroop.idm.sa feeds a growing dataset. This page publishes the aggregate picture: how real players actually behave under Stroop interference.

How large is the Stroop effect in real players? Across 25,559 valid trials recorded on stroop.idm.sa, incongruent Stroop trials took 96 ms longer than congruent trials — a 7.3% reaction-time cost — while accuracy fell from 98.6% to 95.0%. The classic interference effect, measured live.

The platform so far

Registered players

249

202 email-verified · 177 have played at least one session.

Completed sessions

2,254

Across all six game modes since 23 June 2026.

Trials answered

51,954

Individual stimulus decisions, recorded and validated on the server.

Overall accuracy

94.6%

Correct answers across every trial, every mode.

The Stroop cost, measured

These numbers come from the two classic Stroop modes (Stable and Adaptive), counting only valid, completed sessions.

Congruent trials

1,324 ms

Average reaction time when word and ink color match · 12,790 trials · 98.6% correct.

Incongruent trials

1,420 ms

Average reaction time when word and ink color conflict · 12,769 trials · 95.0% correct.

Interference cost

+96 ms (+7.3%)

Incongruent trials are slower, and accuracy drops 3.6 percentage points — the classic Stroop effect, live.

Interference by age band

Ages 20–29

+10.8%

4,646 trials · 53 players · 1,389 → 1,539 ms.

Ages 30–39

+5.8%

11,608 trials · 57 players · 1,298 → 1,373 ms.

Ages 40–49

+6.6%

7,472 trials · 29 players · 1,329 → 1,417 ms.

Age bands with too few players (under 20; 50 and over) are excluded to keep the numbers meaningful. These are descriptive observations from an online platform, not clinical norms.

Methodology

Cite this data

Aggregate data from stroop.idm.sa, snapshot 1 September 2026 (Asia/Riyadh). You may cite these figures with attribution to stroop.idm.sa. The snapshot is refreshed periodically as the dataset grows.

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