Then, participants performed what is known as the Stroop task where they were asked to identify the color of various words flashed on a screen, which spell out the names of other colors.

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However, MSFT has clearly learned from experience, and was keen to assert that 46 of the 50 most popular apps on other platforms would be available on Windows Phone 8, including Words With Friends, Twitter, Audible, Paypal and various birds (genus: angry).

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" Already, these social bots are being used on an experimental basis to teach various skills to preschool children, "including the names of colors, new vocabulary words and simple songs.

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