Comments on: Take the "Ultimate Intelligence Test" to Find out if You're Ultimately Smart http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/10/28/take-the-ultimate-intelligence-test-to-find-out-if-youre-ultimately-smart/ Sat, 11 May 2013 22:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Izkata http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/10/28/take-the-ultimate-intelligence-test-to-find-out-if-youre-ultimately-smart/#comment-23600 Izkata Sun, 14 Nov 2010 21:16:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=13603#comment-23600 5/12, the Working Memory Test, is bugged - on the first one, I clicked too fast and it didn't register what I selected, marking it wrong instead of right. If you take your time and pause after each selection, it works right. (Despite that I managed to recover and make the top 1% for it) Oh, and on 2/12, the Verbal Reasoning test, I got 86.6%, worse than either of you. It was the negative statements that confused me. (I guess that makes sense, though, as I'm a programmer - everything is direct, and those types of negative sentences don't exist) 5/12, the Working Memory Test, is bugged – on the first one, I clicked too fast and it didn’t register what I selected, marking it wrong instead of right. If you take your time and pause after each selection, it works right. (Despite that I managed to recover and make the top 1% for it)

Oh, and on 2/12, the Verbal Reasoning test, I got 86.6%, worse than either of you. It was the negative statements that confused me. (I guess that makes sense, though, as I’m a programmer – everything is direct, and those types of negative sentences don’t exist)

]]> By: Aishwarya http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/10/28/take-the-ultimate-intelligence-test-to-find-out-if-youre-ultimately-smart/#comment-23599 Aishwarya Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=13603#comment-23599 One flaw in the test for me was the revelation of the "upper limit" of the levels. So when I found myself having done 3/4th of the level, I naturally got rash and made quite a few mistakes. On the other hand, when I found myself at an 8 or 9 and saw the limit as 25, I got nervous and slowed down even at the easy questions. The results were somewhat surprising as well. I got a top 31.6% in verbal reasoning, whereas I got just one question wrong there, and that because of a mistaken click. Apparently everyone does this quick and right. Now my pride at being a language hound is squashed. It also seems contradictory to me that Working Memory placed me at a top 69.8% whereas my attention - Focused Attention (13.7%) Visual Attention (17.8%) seem to be high. Is that indicative of STM loss? Cuz then it's brilliant. My short term memory is proven...? Fermat's Last Theorem? Yea, got proven. One flaw in the test for me was the revelation of the “upper limit” of the levels. So when I found myself having done 3/4th of the level, I naturally got rash and made quite a few mistakes. On the other hand, when I found myself at an 8 or 9 and saw the limit as 25, I got nervous and slowed down even at the easy questions.

The results were somewhat surprising as well. I got a top 31.6% in verbal reasoning, whereas I got just one question wrong there, and that because of a mistaken click. Apparently everyone does this quick and right. Now my pride at being a language hound is squashed.

It also seems contradictory to me that Working Memory placed me at a top 69.8% whereas my attention – Focused Attention (13.7%) Visual Attention (17.8%) seem to be high. Is that indicative of STM loss? Cuz then it’s brilliant. My short term memory is proven…? Fermat’s Last Theorem? Yea, got proven.

]]> By: Solitha http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/10/28/take-the-ultimate-intelligence-test-to-find-out-if-youre-ultimately-smart/#comment-23598 Solitha Sun, 31 Oct 2010 13:07:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=13603#comment-23598 Nothing really surprising to me, although there were a couple of bobbles in my run... For one thing, I didn't know whether to say I'm right-handed or left. I favor my left hand, apparently naturally, but it seems that somewhere along the way I was "taught" to be right instead. I've come out rather a mix. Also, the test that displayed digits one at a time in a string, then had you re-enter the string... doesn't account for the possibility you simply hit the wrong key. Sadly, the run I did was apparently not saved. Nothing really surprising to me, although there were a couple of bobbles in my run…

For one thing, I didn’t know whether to say I’m right-handed or left. I favor my left hand, apparently naturally, but it seems that somewhere along the way I was “taught” to be right instead. I’ve come out rather a mix.

Also, the test that displayed digits one at a time in a string, then had you re-enter the string… doesn’t account for the possibility you simply hit the wrong key.

Sadly, the run I did was apparently not saved.

]]> By: AH1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/10/28/take-the-ultimate-intelligence-test-to-find-out-if-youre-ultimately-smart/#comment-23597 AH1 Sat, 30 Oct 2010 00:57:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=13603#comment-23597 This is odd, I actually scored the highest on the Verbal Working Memory test. Probably it was the attempts at memorizing Pi and knowing how to count in more than one language that helped! This is odd, I actually scored the highest on the Verbal Working Memory test. Probably it was the attempts at memorizing Pi and knowing how to count in more than one language that helped!

]]> By: Jennifer Welsh http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/10/28/take-the-ultimate-intelligence-test-to-find-out-if-youre-ultimately-smart/#comment-23596 Jennifer Welsh Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:08:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=13603#comment-23596 Hey all, I'm so glad to hear you are taking the test. I cheated and took it twice, essentially for the same reason Rich and aurorablue mentioned -- not fully understanding the tests when taking them the first time. For some tests I saw very (if not exactly) similar results, but some of them changed significantly (surprisingly some for the worse!) @Abey, The result they give you is the percentage of the population that scores better on that test than you. So an 80% means you score better than 20% of the population. (Don't worry, I got a 83.7% on the Verbal working memory test). If you go to www.cambridgebrainsciences.com there are more tests to take, and if you sign up they will track your scores over time. The website seemed a bit bogged down yesterday with excess traffic, but hopefully that gets better. Thanks for reading and commenting! Jen Hey all,

I’m so glad to hear you are taking the test. I cheated and took it twice, essentially for the same reason Rich and aurorablue mentioned — not fully understanding the tests when taking them the first time.

For some tests I saw very (if not exactly) similar results, but some of them changed significantly (surprisingly some for the worse!)

@Abey, The result they give you is the percentage of the population that scores better on that test than you. So an 80% means you score better than 20% of the population. (Don’t worry, I got a 83.7% on the Verbal working memory test).

If you go to http://www.cambridgebrainsciences.com there are more tests to take, and if you sign up they will track your scores over time. The website seemed a bit bogged down yesterday with excess traffic, but hopefully that gets better.

Thanks for reading and commenting!

Jen

]]> By: Abey http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/10/28/take-the-ultimate-intelligence-test-to-find-out-if-youre-ultimately-smart/#comment-23595 Abey Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:02:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=13603#comment-23595 The test was great BUT the result interpretation is confusing to me. It says I am in the top 80% for something, but my score is smaller than the mean value. Please help me to understand the result. The test was great BUT the result interpretation is confusing to me. It says I am in the top 80% for something, but my score is smaller than the mean value. Please help me to understand the result.

]]> By: Maria A. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/10/28/take-the-ultimate-intelligence-test-to-find-out-if-youre-ultimately-smart/#comment-23594 Maria A. Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:55:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=13603#comment-23594 This test was great! Very intensive at some points (for me anyway). I did the worst on the "double trouble" reasoning test. The red and the greed, the green and the red, ugh! This test was great! Very intensive at some points (for me anyway). I did the worst on the “double trouble” reasoning test. The red and the greed, the green and the red, ugh!

]]> By: aurorablue http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/10/28/take-the-ultimate-intelligence-test-to-find-out-if-youre-ultimately-smart/#comment-23593 aurorablue Fri, 29 Oct 2010 03:19:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=13603#comment-23593 wasn't sure how to move on to the next token puzzle so would click the same one twice :( wasn’t sure how to move on to the next token puzzle so would click the same one twice :(

]]> By: Rich W http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/10/28/take-the-ultimate-intelligence-test-to-find-out-if-youre-ultimately-smart/#comment-23592 Rich W Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:14:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=13603#comment-23592 You can pause between each of the 12 tests, each taking ~3 minutes. You can pause between each of the 12 tests, each taking ~3 minutes.

]]> By: AGT http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/10/28/take-the-ultimate-intelligence-test-to-find-out-if-youre-ultimately-smart/#comment-23591 AGT Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:57:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=13603#comment-23591 How long does it take? Hate to be interrupted and screw up the results. How long does it take? Hate to be interrupted and screw up the results.

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