How Old is your Brain?

[TSP]

HI all,

I haven't posted in quite awhile, but read here most everyday.

I ran across this today and thought it might be of interest here, at least for fun anyway.

I am 58 and scored a 36 year old brain on the first try.

Apparently less is better.

Of course, I realize there is no way that it actually can measure one's mental age, but it's fun to do, and does have relevance to memory.

The page is in Japanese, so the English procedures are:

1 Touch Start

2 Wait for 'countdown' 3...2...1...

3 Numbers will flash onto the screen in random order and arrangement. Quickly memorize the numbers' positions on the screen. The numbers will turn into blank circles. Click each blank circle, going from smallest to largest numbers.

4 At the end of the game, the computer calculates how old your brain is using your responses...

Note: Be sure to click on the blank circle that you think is the smallest number first, then incrementally each one to the largest last.

Good Luck!!

How old is your brain?

http://flashfabrica.com/f_learning/brain/brain.html

[Martin Thoresen]

I am 27 and scored a result of 28.

Not half bad then

[TSP]

I did a search, and, interestingly, from what I saw those in their twenties were scoring very close to their actual age.

[beachknight]

two tries, actually three, first one does not count.

35 and 25 I scored.

what do they mean? am I old?

best,

[kgburcham]

55 years old.
Score was 20.

kburcham

[TSP]

Harun Taner,

Not for sure what it means, but my guess is that it probably lumps scores into age group average responses.

Also, I think that it is fair to say that the low score should improve over several attempts.

Do you mind sharing your age?

kgburcham,

20 is the lowest score that I've seen.

[Christopher Conkie]

Old enough to drink and do other stuff.....



First go.....42 but really 22......and i know why this is....

I don't breathe Tokyo (or Beijing) "air".

[beachknight]

Do you mind sharing your age?

no way. this is classified top secret info.

best,

[TSP]

Hey I'm 58 and still love the other stuff as well.

On a more serious note, I would think that most here play or have played a lot of chess in our day, so I would think that the age scores would be lower than the averages for any given age. That is, if you accept the fact that memory plays an important role in chess skill, which I think is a given.

[skoony]

hi terry,
i'm 53 and i scored best in class.
i did'nt take the test.
when you get my age and have maturity,you've learned
not to take these mindless idiot tests.

regards
mike