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Want to take an Alzheimer's/Dementia test? (Original Post) trof Aug 2014 OP
No thanks! elleng Aug 2014 #1
I'm at or above norm for my age (71). Suich Aug 2014 #2
I'm 73. Got 52 on the test. trof Aug 2014 #5
already suffering from... dhill926 Aug 2014 #3
I took it. Passed, but not outstanding. No Vested Interest Aug 2014 #4
Under FAQs: trof Aug 2014 #6
Yes, I understand that. No Vested Interest Aug 2014 #8
Got a 63. SheilaT Aug 2014 #7

No Vested Interest

(5,208 posts)
4. I took it. Passed, but not outstanding.
Thu Aug 14, 2014, 11:55 PM
Aug 2014

But, then, I'm older than the recommended age, and already know the memory's not too great.
One part of it I didn't understand - the part where you were to remember the column certain things were in.

trof

(54,273 posts)
6. Under FAQs:
Sat Aug 16, 2014, 02:29 PM
Aug 2014

"This test is designed to look at how you remember the locations of items even though you were not asked to learn their locations consciously. If you had been asked to remember the items it would have changed the kind of brain function that the test was designed to measure."
http://www.foodforthebrain.org/alzheimers-prevention/take-the-test/frequently-asked-questions.aspx

No Vested Interest

(5,208 posts)
8. Yes, I understand that.
Sat Aug 16, 2014, 05:27 PM
Aug 2014

Whatever brain function they were looking for in the location of items, is not so hot in my case.

I knew all the items, but not location.

 

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)
7. Got a 63.
Sat Aug 16, 2014, 03:48 PM
Aug 2014

At or above normal for my age, 65.

I swear the very first part, where you had to click on the round buttons, I'd click and it showed up then disappeared. As I went back to fill in the ones I'd missed, I realized that it required very fine centering of the arrow above the round button, more so than I'm used to when I click on things. If I went back and did that part again I suspect I'd score a little better, by maybe a point or two, because I'd finish that section a little faster.

That was interesting, and it's quite reassuring to score well, even though I have absolutely no fears that I'm at all impaired at this point in my life. Yes, I'm a bit slower at various things, but I've been watching that happen over the years.

A good fifteen years ago I did that yardstick drop thing with my then teenage sons. You know, it's the one where somebody holds a yardstick just above your waiting hand, and as soon as they drop it, you grab it and your reaction time shows in how far up the yardstick you actually grab. It was astonishing and slightly humiliating at how much more quickly my boys could grab the stick than I could. I'd almost hate to do that test now, because I'm sure I'd grab even more slowly than I did then.

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