Want to take an Alzheimer's/Dementia test?

[trof]

I haven't taken it yet.
I'll wait until I'm stone cold sober in the morning.
Anyway, here it is FWIW.

http://cft3.foodforthebrain.org/

[elleng]

1. No thanks!

In this case at least, ignorance is 'bliss.'

[Suich]

2. I'm at or above norm for my age (71).

PM me when you take it and we'll compare!

[trof]

5. I'm 73. Got 52 on the test.

"At or above the norm for your age"

[dhill926]

3. already suffering from...

CRS (Can't Remember Shit) Syndrome….

[No Vested Interest]

4. I took it. Passed, but not outstanding.

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]

6. Under FAQs:

"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]

8. Yes, I understand that.

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]

7. Got a 63.

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.