The Test: Users are shown a web
page of 12 common nouns which they are asked to concentrate on for a few
seconds, then on a following page are asked to enter the words that they remember
from the list.
Live Results
The charts below contain information from all recent tests since collation
began, up to today:
Short-Term Memory by Gender
Does your gender give you a better memory?
87.5%-
62.5%-
37.5%-
12.5%-
%/gender
Male
Female
Not given
Total
Short-Term Memory by Age Group How STM scores vary by age group:
87.5%-
62.5%-
37.5%-
12.5%-
%/age group
Under 18
18 to <25
25 to < 35
35 to < 45
45 to < 55
55 to < 65
65+
Not given
Total
As more users take the test, the more data is available and the more accurate
the above test charts will be. You may want to bookmark this page to watch the
results progress.
How could participants improve their scores?
We all have different memory capacities naturally. However, this isn't to say
we can't improve our memories using different memorization techniques - even
if you think that your memory is terrible, employing different methods of memorizing
information can dramatically improve its effectiveness. Let's take remembering
lists of information, such as in this STM test. The Luria
method helps you to remember lists of words in the format of a journey -
try it here - and there are more memory
techniques for specific types of information (e.g. phone numbers) in the Memory
area...
Short-Term Memory
Test Results