We know Freakonomics readers love brain teasers. We hope you’ll test your brain on these five puzzlers. The results, completely anonymous, will be compiled and analyzed by the Vision Lab and the Social Neuroscience and Psychopathology Lab at Harvard University. Have fun … for science! (HT: VSL) [%comments]
How Fit Is Your Brain?
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I just finished the number gut test and I got a score of 76%. It was quite stressful to the eye but it was great to determine if there was more blue or yellow circles.
On the dots test, my slider wouldn’t slide. I suspected that was the test–that the number of times I tried to move it was being counted so I closed the test.
Well, I love all kinds of tests! These made me realize that I really know myself: suck at math, great at face recognition (18 out of 19 faces recognized). I took all five of them (test geek).
Also: suck at abstract art, am really good with remembering words/phrases associations.
Am above average on all tests except the dots (below! 73% as opposed to the average of 75%), and for the abstract art, I was exactly within the average!
FYI #7: they DO say that you should consider your results according to your state of mind at the time of the test. I can really tell that you did not get a good night’s sleep, you can’t read the full enunciate!
Only done the number gut test so far. 84%, 96th percentile, 49 years old. Confirmed for me that I would have been better at math if not for the “New Math” that was popular when I was in grade school. If confused the hell out of me.
Hallie @10–I had the same issue using Chrome but switched to Firefox and it worked fine.
How did the Steves do?
I got 97%, 82nd percentile, and I’m 12. Scottish