Color-fooled : Visual Stimulus and Marketing

"It’s that annoying realization: “Wait…did I really just put that in my shopping cart because of the pretty packaging ?”

Chances are… Yes, you just did. You just got color-fooled. But don’t worry, it was no simple trick… scores of psychologists have been at work setting up these intricate, appealing traps for decades."

via dailyinfographic.com

 

A Short Neurological Test


    1- Find the C below..
        Please do not use any cursor help.

   OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
   
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
   
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
   
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
   
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
   
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
   
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOO
   
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
   
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
   
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
   
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  2- If you already found the C, now find    the 6 below.

   99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
   
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
   
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
   
69999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
   
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
   
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999

  3 - Now find the N below. It's a little more difficult.

   MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMM
   
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
   
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
   
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
   
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

    This is NOT a joke. If you were able to pass these 3    tests, you can cancel your annual visit to your neurologist. Your brain is    great and you're far from having a close relationship    with Alzheimer.
   
  Congratulations!               

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   To my 'selected' strange-minded friends:

   
   If you can read the following paragraph,
   forward it on to your friends...
  
       
   eonvrye that can raed this rsaie your hnad...                     

   If you can raed this, you have a sgtrane mnid too
   
   Can you raed this? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.
   
     I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was    rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch    at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in what oerdr the ltteres in a    word are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is that the frsit and last ltteer be in    the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it    whotuit a pboerlm. This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey    lteter by istlef, but the word as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas    tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! If you can raed this forwrad it.

Sent by Tad...Thanks !


Stroop Reaction Test

Name the shapes and their related colors in the 4 x 4 aligned boxes above as fast as you can. Do not read the words below the shapes! For example, even if the sentence “Blue Square” is printed under a red triangle, you should say “red triangle” instead. Say the colors and shapes as fast as you can. It is not as easy as you might think... If you complete this attention test in less than 16 seconds, you have a VERY flexible brain!
The Stroop test is one of the most commonly used diagnostic tools when determining an attention problem. It involves focusing on one particular feature of a task, while blocking out other features; in other words, it indicates how well you can override a habitual response (naming the word) in favor of a novel one (naming the color/figure).
The “Stroop Effect” is named after J. Ridley Stroop, who discovered this strange phenomenon in the 1930s. The original test shown on this page has been adapted by G. Sarcone.