Face Memory Test.. see How you do?

[sour_girl]

Heres my score...

 

[andyjs]

91 and 86

 

[Red Devil]

everyone did pretty good...i am surprised so many are good at remenbering faces..

 

[Sciroccoman]

91% and 86%

 

[Red Devil]

91% and 86%

great does any one do lousy at this...?

 

[pdbrady]

91/86 for me. Seems to be about the norm.

 

[alcohologist]

91/86 for me. Seems to be about the norm.

yep, me too

 

[Lady G]

Well, I knew I always remember faces...may not know their name, may not know how or why but I ususally remember a persons face..well more thier eyes and expressions but wow I was good at that part...100%, 91% on the second one.

Can't remember how to do a screen shot sorry guys...I'll take it again and post if you can tell me.

 

[aspear]

91% and 86%

 

[jason longboard]

what can I say,Im a visual kind of guy.I see too much,lol.

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Face Memory Test Results

Your Score

Recognition score
( if you saw it )​

Your score: 100%

Average score: 92%
This is a measure of your ability to remember the photos you've seen, regardless of the part in which you saw them. From all 24 photos shown in Parts 1 & 2, you recognised: 24 photo(s).

Temporal memory score
( when you saw it )​

Your score: 87%

Average score: 68%
This is a measure of how often you recognised a photo and matched it to the correct part, instead of just remembering which ones you'd seen. From all the photos you recognised, you matched: 21 photo(s) to the correct part.
Sleep scientists say that:

• recognition memory for faces is unaffected by sleep loss. A person who has not slept for as much as 35 hours can perform as well as someone who is not sleep deprived.
• the area of the brain that controls temporal memory can be affected by prolonged sleep loss and/or ageing. So a healthy 65 year old who sleeps normally would be able to perform this test similarly to a 20 year old who has gone without sleep for 36 hours.

Hover your mouse over the ticks and crosses to see how you performed:

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These photos were in neither section:

In the section above you made 1 "false positive(s)". That is, thinking you remembered seeing the photo when you hadn't seen it before. Average false positive score is 1-3.
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