[AUDITORY] Adaptive Stroop task?

[Patrick Savage <0000049356f7325b-dmarc-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Auditory list,

An honours student is looking for a suitable measure of attention to compare participants’ performance before and after an auditory stimulus intervention. She attempted to access the adaptive Stroop task used in Draheim et al. (2021; full reference below). However, it appears to require E-Prime proprietary software, and we're wondering if any of you know of good alternative platforms, code, or accessible versions of either the adaptive Stroop task or a standard Stroop task that she could use?

Any guidance or recommendations would be greatly appreciated - thanks in advance!

Article reference:

Draheim, C., Tsukahara, J. S., Martin, J. D., Mashburn, C. A., & Engle, R. W. (2021). A toolbox approach to improving the measurement of attention control. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 150(2), 242–275. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000783

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Begin forwarded message:

From: Maite Dechering <mdec259@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Subject: Draft email

Date: 12 May 2026 at 4:35:45 pm GMT+12

To: Patrick Savage <patrick.savage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Patrick,

I have drafted up an email below to be sent out to find a suitable stroop task or measure of attention. Thanks!

Kia ora,

As part of my Honours research project, I am looking for a suitable measure of attention to compare participants’ performance before and after an auditory stimulus intervention.

I attempted to access the adaptive Stroop task used in a published article referenced below; however, it appears to require E-Prime software. I was therefore wondering whether there may be an alternative platform, existing code, or accessible version of either the adaptive Stroop task or a standard Stroop task that could be used for research purposes.

Any guidance or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Article reference:
Draheim, C., Tsukahara, J. S., Martin, J., Mashburn, C. A., & Engle, R. W. (2019). A toolbox approach to improving the measurement of attention control. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/q985d

Many thanks,

Maite Dechering