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I just took the test, results under 'Grinity' LOL - looks to me like we are throwing off their curve, yes?

Processing Speed: The ability to perform cognitive tasks, particularly when measured under pressure to maintain focused attention 40 50 61 104
Working Memory: The ability to hold information in immediate awareness while performing a mental operation on it 15 18 55 102
Auditory Memory: The ability to hold auditory information in immediate awareness while performing a mental operation on the information 11 13 73 109
Visual Memory: The ability to hold visual information in immediate awareness while performing a mental operation on the information 9 13 54 100
Long-Term Memory: The ability to store information and fluently retrieve it later in the process of thinking 8 14 76 110
Visual Processing: The ability to perceive, analyze, synthesize visual patterns, including the ability to store and recall visual images 36 56 51 100
Auditory Processing: Phonemic Awareness, the ability to analyze and manipulate speech sounds; crucial underlying skill for reading and spelling 19 26 45 98
Logic & Reasoning: The ability to reason, form concepts, and solve problems using unfamiliar information or novel procedures 13 20 90 119

Word Attack: The knowledge of and application of sound codes in order to pronounce unknown words 19 21 54 100
Composite Cognitive: CC (An average of PS, WM, LTM, VP, AP, and LR (doubled weighted)) 66 105

I will say that I've been toying with the notion that I have unusually high processing speed, and a bottle neck at the working memory.

My long-Term Memory is better, and to tell the truth, I think that my working memory score would have been a lot worse, except that the test was slow enough that I could convert some of the info into long-term Memory. I was furiously making up little stories about Greta and her friends during the test.

What doesn't suprise me is my visual working memory being 10 points lower than my auditory memory - I don't even notice the visual detail in the first place.

Cute little test though...
smiles,
Grinity

Heh, that made me laugh.

Reading your post...I personally don't know if my processing speed is actually "high" or if it's because I've played too many video games as a kid. ]:

LOL - even if your processing speed is high due to 'training' it's still a real result!

I saw that movie '50 First Dates' about Forward Amnesia, and was sobbing at the end, probably because Drew Barrymore is so sweet, but also because with a 'Working Memory Bottleneck' and processing speed fast enough to notice the missing data, it's like seeing the world in the reflected light of flashing neon. I've always felt like I was a 'live in the moment' kind of person.

I'm going to take a wild guess and suggest that as far as Myers-Briggs goes, the 'fast processor/bottleneck Working Memory folks tend to be Percievers, getting no special thrill from completing a project, since they can't hold it in WM anyway, and the Strong Working Memory/average processing speed folks tend to be Judgers, enjoying completing a process and getting closure. What do you think folks?

Smiles,
Grinity

I just took it too. I felt pretty stupid until I realized that you guys must be mucking up the data! For heaven's sake, I missed one on WM and dropped to 78th percentile! Anyhow, for what it's worth, scores to follow. Stored on the site under Lincoln, Abe. (Ehem. Not my real name.)

Processing Speed: The ability to perform cognitive tasks, particularly when measured under pressure to maintain focused attention 38 50 42 97
Working Memory: The ability to hold information in immediate awareness while performing a mental operation on it 17 18 78 111
Auditory Memory: The ability to hold auditory information in immediate awareness while performing a mental operation on the information 12 13 88 118
Visual Memory: The ability to hold visual information in immediate awareness while performing a mental operation on the information 13 13 99 136
Long-Term Memory: The ability to store information and fluently retrieve it later in the process of thinking 14 14 99 136
Visual Processing: The ability to perceive, analyze, synthesize visual patterns, including the ability to store and recall visual images 41 56 66 105
Auditory Processing: Phonemic Awareness, the ability to analyze and manipulate speech sounds; crucial underlying skill for reading and spelling 26 26 92+ 121
Logic & Reasoning: The ability to reason, form concepts, and solve problems using unfamiliar information or novel procedures 12 20 79 111

Word Attack: The knowledge of and application of sound codes in order to pronounce unknown words 21 21 91+ 120
Composite Cognitive: CC (An average of PS, WM, LTM, VP, AP, and LR (doubled weighted)) 76 110

Just be sure to come back here and be yourself, useful obsessions and all!

Dottie - what is the security issue?

The security issue was that anyone could look up someone's results just by typing the username in the address line. Now you actually need to log in to see scores for a username. Also the score sheets (which was easily accessed by anyone) listed a person's full name.

Ah i see! Thanks crisc! If you register today, can you take the test tomorrow for example, and still not be charged?

From everything I read you would need to test the test by end of today. I guess it doesn't hurt to register and then try and take the test tomorrow.