This will drive you nuts
 

http://www.gamesforthebrain.com/game/colorama/

It's not as easy as it first seems...

Re: This will drive you nuts
 

Not really very hard.

I took it to 170 points and started to get very bored, does it ever stop .... :zzz:

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Yep, driving me nuts ok.....

Just seems to go on and on, with no end in sight.....

I'm assuming there is a point to it?

Re: This will drive you nuts
 

quite a fun game - apparently i have an IQ of a 100 now, and that's good enough for me :D I like the way there is a three-second gap in between the displays so you can read the adverts on the right hand side of the page :p:

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Is it supposed to be an exercise in IQ or in boredom threshold?

I don't really see what intelligence has got to do with it, just scan the groups of colours until you spot the difference. Not hard.

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I think it's meant to be a vague version of a working memory test, which are often given to assess someone's IQ, but it's not really hard enough to be a true assessment. normally they get you to do things like recite strings of numbers - then recite a whole load of others, but backwards, which is really hard :)

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It would make more sense if you saw one picture for a few seconds and then that one dissapeared and your were shown the other, then you had to say which square was different.....

Re: This will drive you nuts
 

managed 140

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I don't see what this has to do with working memory. It's not even time limited is it? Attention perhaps, but it's nothing like backward digit span.

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I thought that's what they were going for - testing the visuospatial sketchpad and mental imagery, both of which have been tied to WM. :)

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It is time related, as you go on the little green bar next to your score depletes more and more quickly (tbh it's barely noticeable though).

I managed 270 and then my connection broke so I'll have to restart :(

Don't think I'll bother though, it gets tedious after a while.....

Re: This will drive you nuts
 

Indeed, the Visuospatial Sketchpad is one of the components of WM :)

Re: This will drive you nuts
 

As is Mental Imagery..... Apparently..... :erm:

Re: This will drive you nuts
 

Errrm No... Mental Imagery is a process that draws upon WM, as most processes do (excluding automatic processes) :)

Re: This will drive you nuts
 

Oh.....