Another interesting OT test!

[emily_in_nc]

Read about this in my WinXP newsletter...it's a "brain test" that supposedly measures your cognitive age. I did it just for fun, since I'd had a glass of wine with dinner as well as a splash of peppermint schnapps on a scoop of low-fat ice cream for dessert (I ran today :D)

Anywho, the results are suspect to say the least, since I knew I made some mistakes, and the test reported my brain age at....are you ready for this:

18 :D ;) :p :eek:

I should mention that I am actually 47 so would have been delighted to test out in my 30s. It's gotta be broken! ;)

Jut thought I'd pass it along for any of you who are bored or idly interested (click on "take the test"):

http://www.portfolio.com/views/columns/natural-selection/2008/06/18/Cognition-and-Memory-Tests

Have fun!
Emily

P.S. You do have to register on the site to take it, but you don't have to provide your email address or any information other than your name, age, gender, and which hand is dominant.

[Brandi]

Oh man I got age 52 (I am 39). that is not good. But I am also very tired tonight so maybe I need to take the test after i have had a good nights sleep.

[Zen]

Pfffllltttt!
24 :D :D :D :D

I started laughing because I was doing so poorly. That might be a factor.
Or, as we have all long suspected, I am a maroon.

[kelownagirl]

Pfffllltttt!
24 :D :D :D :D

I started laughing because I was doing so poorly. That might be a factor.
Or, as we have all long suspected, I am a maroon.

LOL, at first I thought you misspelled moron... :D:rolleyes:

[kelownagirl]

OK, apparently I'm the moron. And I'm tired. I am 58. ugh.

[snapdragen]

I have a 22 yo brain. :cool:

[LBTC]

So is it better to have a young brain or an old brain? How do brain years convert into people years? All in all I like that my scale says I'm 16 years old....this test says I'm 51!! :eek: (I'm actually 40....and, according to my friend's husband I don't "look" smart! heehee)

H&B
~T~

[kelownagirl]

I hadn't thought about it like that. Maybe an old brain isn't so bad? :rolleyes::p

[Deborajen]

It says my brain's 19 (my body's 46). I'm about to fall asleep, so it's not my best effort - ?

Yeah, it must be broken.

Deb

[kelownagirl]

Maybe I should try it again tomorrow when my son doesn't keep coming into the room and bugging me... I'm sure I can come up with more excuses if I think about it long enough...:rolleyes:

[LBTC]

Yeah, I don't know. Most 51 year olds are a lot smarter than most 18 or 19 year olds that I've ever met.....

H&B
~T~

[Zen]

Maroon/Moron-
Same thing.
Bugs Bunny calls people "maroons" ;)

[PinkBike]

test says i'm 80. Yikes! That's 560 in dog years.

[maillotpois]

I'm 80, too.

I feel decrepit. I'm going with the "old brain is good" thinking.

My secretary did interrupt me once. But I thought I was doing pretty well, even in spite of that.

[DDH]

OMG, I'm glad I'm not alone. I wasn't sure I was going to post this unless someone else was as old as me.

Mine said 80 too. I don't feel 80, but my brain may feel that way, LOL

[alpinerabbit]

26 (really 35). I have a head cold:p

[oxysback]

Brain Age - 19
Real Age - 38

I don't know if that's a good thing or not! :p

[mimitabby]

I'm 80 years old. I guess i should have played computer games.

[Kimmyt]

52 for me.

What I want to know is how they determined what is what for the ages, esp. since most of us seem to not be scoring in our age bracket?

Also that dang 1 in the number test looked alot like the 7.

:p

[mimitabby]

so people either got 80 or some very young age. hm. some test.

[Possegal]

they did a bad job of putting it into context, to this apparently 18 yr old scientist's brain. :) this really is a more a reflex/stamina/attention span test, which to me may not really translate to 'cognition'. but, intersesting none the less.

and yes, the 1 and the 7 looked a lot alike. :)
and i found myself getting a little comatose staring at the screen waiting for a new flash of words or numbers. but comatose is my normal state lately, so that may confound the variables here!

[indigoiis]

I'm sixty five. Where's my brain's retirement part? (you all are invited.)

[Tuckervill]

I'm 46. My brain is 40. The 1 did look like a 7.

Karen

[GLC1968]

Do I get the award for getting closest to my real age? I'm 40 by a few months and it said my brain was 39. :D

I think it's partly testing reflexes (which get worse as you age, theoretically). But there is also attention span, accuracy, concentration, vision...etc. Lots of things come into play here.

[Jones]

MY brain age 44 and I will be 44 in 6 days and the 1 and 7 did look a lot alike.

[emily_in_nc]

I think the 1 and 7 looked similar for a reason -- to try to trip you up. I know I hit the right-arrow key a couple of times when the 1 flashed up, since I was trying to be really fast. Apparently it didn't hurt my results any; I can't believe my brain is the youngest here! :rolleyes:

But, as some of you point out, I'm not sure that is always a good thing. Youngsters are immature, impulsive and often make ill-thought-out decisions! Hmmm, that couldn't possibly be me! :D

Obviously this test is measuring something (reaction time & visual perception, I'd guess), but just a small factor in "brain age". Still, it was kinda of fun. :p

Emily

[GLC1968]

I'm going to guess that the 'younger' scoring people had faster reaction times, but likely had more errors. The 'older' scoring people probably had slower times but greater accuracy. The rest of us probably fell somewhere in the middle.

Emily - didn't you you score particulary well on some other test we did where reaction time was measured? Something about sheep, maybe? I know my reaction time on that one wasn't very good...so you are definitely faster on the draw than I am!

[emily_in_nc]

I'm going to guess that the 'younger' scoring people had faster reaction times, but likely had more errors. The 'older' scoring people probably had slower times but greater accuracy. The rest of us probably fell somewhere in the middle.

Emily - didn't you you score particulary well on some other test we did where reaction time was measured? Something about sheep, maybe? I know my reaction time on that one wasn't very good...so you are definitely faster on the draw than I am!

Oh yes, the sheep test -- I do think I did fairly well on that too; you have a good memory (see, your brain is younger than mine after all!)

I also agree with your theory of young age = faster but more errors (impulsive), and old age = slower but more accurate.

I also type really fast but make a lot of mistakes -- same kind of thing. My backspace gets more use than just about any other key! :D

Good analysis! BTW, how is Portland?

Emily

[GLC1968]

Oh yes, the sheep test -- I do think I did fairly well on that too; you have a good memory (see, your brain is younger than mine after all!)

I also agree with your theory of young age = faster but more errors (impulsive), and old age = slower but more accurate.

I also type really fast but make a lot of mistakes -- same kind of thing. My backspace gets more use than just about any other key! :D

Good analysis! BTW, how is Portland?

Emily

Portland (and the PNW in general) ROCKS (particularly this time of year!)...but the new job is only eh. I guess that's the price we pay to live where we want to live and do what we want to do, right? ;) I definitely think we did the right thing by moving out this way.

[Possegal]

I don't know, I know that I only once hit the wrong button, (during the yes no part, I think my left hand was so glad to be playing along that it hit at the first sign of a word, and that word was YES) so I had only one error and it says my brain is 18. See, that's my issue here, more detailed explanation of the test and how it comes to the conclusions it does. I'm always the scientist, I need to know more about the study. :)

[Brandi]

Ok I score 18 tonight. What the ....I was 52 last night.

[evangundy]

I'm 51 but my brain age was 38 - and I hit the right arrow twice when it was a 1 and not a 7 (yes they did look alike).

And for the yes/no - I just used my right hand only - two different fingers. I didn't think to use my left hand???? I'll have to try again later with both hands.

Edna