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Taboo words such as profanity, slurs, and sexual terms slow down people's processing of other language tasks, a phenomenon called the taboo Stroop effect.

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CONTESTED PARTIAL
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Is it true that taboo words such as profanity, slurs, and sexual terms slow down people's processing of other language tasks, a phenomenon called the taboo Stroop effect?

Partly. One study using taboo words in a color-naming task supports the paradigm but measures location memory rather than general processing slowdown, while another study argues that emotional-word delays are a generic slowdown rather than a Stroop effect. Neither directly settles the taboo Stroop effect as claimed.

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Evidence for · 1
Emotion, Memory, and Attention in the Taboo Stroop Paradigm
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Emotion, Memory, and Attention in the Taboo Stroop Paradigm. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0956-7976.2005.00776.x

Evidence against · 1
A Rational Look at the Emotional Stroop Phenomenon: A Generic Slowdown, Not a Stroop Effect
2004
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Daniel, A., Eran, C., & Shlomo, L. (2004). A Rational Look at the Emotional Stroop Phenomenon: A Generic Slowdown, Not a Stroop Effect. eric.ed.gov. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ688510

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