Memory fun

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/memory/

From the BBC science site: Memory test:

These are the results from my memory test.

Visual recognition memory – spot the difference: 1 out of 3 (more luck then spotting the difference)

Memory binding – colours, shapes, or animals: 1 shape (I would be ok with two attributes but it was three)

Numbers – digit span: 9 out of 9 (good at grouping and some held in auditory memory, some in visual)

Visual memory capacity – grid squares: 25 out of 25 (almost lost it towards the end but still made it)

Everyday objects: pound coin Wrong, stamp Correct (I should have listed that I hadn’t seen a pound coin)

Visual delayed recall – bridge photo: Wrong (another spot the difference and these are hard)

Working memory capacity – sentences: 6 out of 6 in the right order.

Spatial manipulation – man and ball: 7 out of 8 right (ran out of time)

Remembering to do things:
Equal at remembering past events and future plans.
Better at keeping track of what I am doing moment to moment than remembering things over longer periods of time (I need anchors to remember past events, otherwise they all get mixed in together.)
Equally at remembering to do something whether you have an exteral cue, diary, or not. (both are sort of ok but not good.)

So poorly on recognition but high on patterns. I think this sums me up well.

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  1. I did the same on Visual, got all 4 on binding, all 9 on numbers, only 16 on grid, didn’t click on pound/stamp, wrong on delayed, all 6 on capacity, and 8 out of 13 on spatial.

    You and I are mostly in same boat… except that I’m appalled – b/c it would’ve been MUCH better for me if I weren’t on drugs that impact my short term memory.
    Made me feel all sad :(

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