"12 Pillars of Wisdom" test

[mvgulik]

For those that are interested in the subject, and maybe in participating ...

Website/Articals about it:
Main webpage: http://www.cambridgebrainsciences.com/ (Cambridge Brain Sciences)
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1 ... -test.html (NewScientist, should be login free artical)
http://blogs.yourdiscovery.com/whats-ne ... -test.html (Discovery Channel)

The Test page: http://cbstrials.com/Open/Default.aspx?B_ID=279 (Cambridge Brain Sciences, test requires a(make) email-login.)

Ps: I have no other reasons other than providing some possible additional test participants.
But feel free to discuss what you think of this test it you like.

I have not taken the test yet, so can't say much about it.

Have fun.

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The 12 Pillars of Wisdom consists of 12 tasks followed by a short questionnaire.
Each task will take between 1 and 3 minutes so the whole trial should run in less than half an hour.
After completing the questionnaire you will receive a summary showing how you performed relative to the population.
If you have to log out at any time, logging back in to the system will start you from the last unfinished test.
If you have completed all of the tests, logging back in will take you directly to your results.

[Potjeh]

I think I broke it

10/12 Paired Associates

You scored 72.0 on this task. The mean value is 5.0. This places you in the top 0.1% of the population for the 10/12 Paired Associates Test.

This is obviously false, and I'm pretty sure I didn't score below average on mental rotation test.

[mvgulik]

If I'm correct that percentage value should be looked at in reverse. So lower is better. (I bet your now smiling from ear to ear.)

[loftar]

If I'm correct that percentage value should be looked at in reverse. So lower is better. (I bet your now smiling from ear to ear.) ;)

I think you haven't taken the tests. I have. 72 on that test is literally impossible, because that many boxes wouldn't even fit on the screen. Even if they did, and Potjeh managed to get 72 on it, he would be a god. I wonder why that happened; none of my scores seemed particularly out of wack.

That was really fun, though. :D For the record, these were my results:

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Test    Score   Mean    Pop. %  Test
1       8       7.5     37.3%   Visuospatial working memory strategy
2       24      14      5.9%    Verbal reasoning
3       37      25      21.9%   Focused attention
4       18      9.9     3.8%    Deductive reasoning
5       6.0     5.7     41.2%   Working memory
6       144.0   85.0    8.0%    Mental rotation
7       169.0   122.0   10.2%   Visual attention
8       8.0     6.9     28.4%   Verbal working memory
9       30.0    22.0    26.2%   Planning
10      3.0 :-( 5.0     84.9%   Paired associates
11      53.0    47.0    40.9%   Visuospatial processing
12      10.0    6.7     14.4%   Spatial working memory


[Monkeytofu]

Yeah I got some varied results. That branches puzzle was stupid, it made no sense even when they explained it.

If I combined them I'd probably get something around the average. As expected.

[loftar]

If I combined them[...]

The whole point is not to combine them, though. The part that makes it so interesting is being able to see what things one is better at and what one is less good at.

[mvgulik]

I think you haven't taken the tests.

Correct. Never sad I did either.

I see I made a reading/interpretation error.
"This is obviously false, I'm pretty sure I didn't score below average on mental rotation test."
reads a little different than.
"This is obviously false, AND I'm pretty sure I didn't score below average on mental rotation test."

Ok, now that we got those two out of the way ...

@Potjeh
Looking at some result from others. A 72.0 'Score" for "Paired associates" seems definitely wrong. Should be somewhere around 4 to 10.
I can only suggest to redo the test at some later time, or date.

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A little late, but stumbled on the main website. ( http://www.cambridgebrainsciences.com/ )

[Blxz]

Huh, I had a score of 26 for test 8 (remembering a sequence of numbers). Average is 6.9
Makes me the top 0.1% of people in that test. Every other test was only a normal amount above average (although I scored 'slightly' better than loftar at the stupid pair associates test). Does that make me a number remembering savant? So sad. Call me Rainman!!

[DatOneGuy]

Now I have confirmation that I suck.

[pordle]

8.0 7.5. 37.3% Visuospatial Working Memory Strategy Test.
11.0 14.0. 68.4% Verbal Reasoning Test.
15.0 25.0. 74.1% Focused Attention Test.
9.0 9.9. 58.1% Deductive Reasoning Test.
7.0 5.7. 16.9% Working Memory Test.
-45.0 85.0. 99.8% Mental Rotation Test.
169.0 122.0. 10.2% Visual Attention Test.
9.0 6.9. 14.0% Verbal Working Memory Test.
22.0 22.0. 50.0% Planning Test.
6.0 5.0. 30.2% Paired Associates Test.
59.0 47.0. 32.2% Visuospatial Processing Test.
9.0 6.7. 22.8% Spatial Working Memory Test.

I did the test after just waking up after 3 hrs of sleep by a pet yapping - I think it shows that as time went on I got better at paying attention which is expected. Going to try to test my results later if it lets you repeat and see if doing it not only when I feel alert but have had a test go this time. Should be interesting to see if I improve or just stay the same. My IQ is mensa ready - I consider my results pretty crappy so laugh if you must but I know I'm not proud of them so when I saw them I said, shit this better have a round 2 where I'm fully caffeinated lol Who wants to be 50% of the pop when you've always been "smart". This time I can blame it on not enough sleep - what about next time Oh, and in hindsight, I think I might not rush on ones that weren't timed. That was another fault - call it impatience.

Concerning the -45 - This one I just hit "match" over and over because I didn't feel like doing it lol

They do ask a lot of personal questions at the end for anyone that hasn't taken it...