... aim of this investigation is to find out whether there is a significant difference in the time taken to read colour words written in different colour inks than to read neutral words written in varying ink colours. For example, if the word 'green' written in red ink takes longer to read than then the word 'window' written in blue ink. Hypothesis Having carried out this research into automatic processing in general, the following experimental hypothesis has been stated: It will take significantly longer to read colour words written in different colour inks than to read neutral words written in varying ink colours. This one tailed hypothesis has been derived by referring back to the Dunbar and Macleod study (1984). This study found that participants took longer to read the ink colour of colour words written in different colour inks than neutral words written in various ink colours. Null hypothesis: There will be no difference in the ...

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