Three major variables identified with attention and automaticity in the priming paradigm are
shown to have parallel effects in the Stroop paradigm. A model is developed to explain the
effects in both paradigms in terms of a single decision process that combines evidence from
several sources (eg, habitual associations and temporary contingencies between the prime
and the target or between the unreported and reported dimensions). The model is applied to
two Stroop experiments in which the faster two of three stimulus dimensions relate …