<p><strong>June 25th, 2018</strong></p><p>Edil Torres-Rivera, Ph.D.</p><p>Editor</p><p>Interamerican Journal of Psychology</p><p> </p><p>Dear Dr. Torres-Rivera,</p><p>We are pleased to submit our manuscript entitled: “Stroop Color-Word test norms for the Dominican population”, for consideration as a research article for this journal. The aim of this study was to standardize Golden’s version of the Stroop test for the Dominican population, taking under consideration the possible influence that gender, educational level and age may have on subject’s performance. This study evaluated 239 Spanish-speaking, healthy Dominicans, between 16 and 80 years of age, recruited from the major provinces in the Dominican Republic (DR).</p><p>The Stroop test is frequently used world-wide in clinical contexts to assess several cognitive processes, such as information processing speed, working memory, selective attention, flexibility and cognitive inhibition. Several normative studies of the Stroop test have been carried out throughout the years. This has been due to evidence provided by previous literature stating that factors such as gender, educational level and age may influence Stroop performance. Since the Stroop test is considered to be one of the most frequently used psychometric tests in neuropsychological assessments, it is imperative that Dominican norms be established. This will allow all Dominicans to be represented suitably through established normative data in order to adequately classify performances as normal or pathological. </p><p>The information detailed in this article will allow the readers to understand the importance that cultural context and demographic variables can have on performance, in the interest of conducting valid assessments and providing accurate diagnoses.</p><p>This manuscript has not been previously published and is not under consideration in the same or substantially similar form in any other peer-reviewed media. All authors listed have contributed sufficiently to the project to be included as authors, and all those who are qualified to be authors are listed in the author byline. To the best of our knowledge, no conflict of interest, financial or other, exists.</p><p> </p><p>Sincerely,</p><p><strong>Gretel Silvestre, Ph.D.</strong></p><p>Associate Professor</p><p>School of Psychology</p><p>Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra</p><p>Km 1 ½ Autopista Duarte, Santiago 51034</p><p>Dominican Republic</p><p>gsilvestre@pucmm.edu.do</p><p>1 (809) 580-1962 ext. 5150 phone</p><p>1 (809) 734-3400 fax</p>