Article 1ASDD What can solving anagrams tell you about yourself?

What can solving anagrams tell you about yourself?

by
Ben Ambridge
from on (#1ASDD)
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People associate red and green with particular outcomes - so performance may depend on the background colour

Give yourself one minute to try to solve those in the green box (covering up the red box - this is important), then one minute with those in the red box (covering up the green box).

How many did you get in each (answers at the bottom of the page)? A 2007 study found that exposure to red was associated with significantly worse performance than exposure to green (or black and white). In fact, if you did badly overall, this may well be because the mere presence of red somewhere on the page was sufficient to impair your performance.

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