The belief that thought, and therefore nervous impulses, occurred instantaneously, became a setback in relation to the advances in the theory of psychological processes. Johannes P. Mueller (1801-1858), a German physiologist, estimated the speed of the nerve impulse was eleven miles per second. This claim discouraged scientific research and encouraged a more mystical interpretation of the mind due to the immeasurably fast rate the nerve impulse travels. An experiment carried out by Herman Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (1850), found the speed of the nerve impulse much slower than Mueller estimated (between 50 and 100 meters per second).

The purpose for the present day study was to measure the speed of the nerve impulse in a student population in order to replicate the findings of Helmholtz (1850). Therefore, it is hypothesized that the speed of the nerve impulse will be between 50 and 100 meters per second.

Method

Participants.

The 22 participants in this study were......

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Title: The Stroop Effect
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