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SUBMITTER: Boskovic I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6050504 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Boskovic Irena I Biermans Anita J AJ Merten Thomas T Jelicic Marko M Hope Lorraine L Merckelbach Harald H
Frontiers in psychology 20180711
Some researchers argue that the modified Stroop task (MST) can be employed to rule out feigning. According to these authors, modified Stroop interference effects are beyond conscious control and therefore indicative of genuine psychopathology. We examined this assumption using a within-subject design. In the first session, students (<i>N</i> = 22) responded honestly, while in the second session they were asked to read a vignette about test anxiety and then fake this condition. During both sessio ...[more]