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Working Memory Test

How well do you hold and use information in real time? Measure your working memory — the brain's mental scratchpad — through everyday performance.

Before you begin

✓ Read each question carefully and answer honestly
✓ Take your time — accuracy matters more than speed
✓ Rate how often each of the following happens in your everyday life. Think about the past month in general.

⏰ 6 minutes 📋 18 questions 🔒 Private & anonymous

Question 1 of 18

I forget what I was about to do or say mid-task

Question 2 of 18

I lose track of a conversation when someone interrupts or changes the subject

Question 3 of 18

I forget information I was just given — a phone number, address or name — before I can use it

Question 4 of 18

I have difficulty holding several pieces of information in mind at the same time

Question 5 of 18

I struggle to follow complex spoken instructions that have multiple steps

Question 6 of 18

When doing mental arithmetic, I lose track of where I am in the calculation

Question 7 of 18

I forget what I was looking for when I open a cupboard, app or webpage

Question 8 of 18

I find it hard to concentrate on what someone is saying while also thinking about what I want to say

Question 9 of 18

I have to read something again and again because I lose track of where I am

Question 10 of 18

I have difficulty following complex plots in films, books or discussions

Question 11 of 18

I forget to include things when completing forms or written tasks

Question 12 of 18

I have difficulty doing two things at once even when both tasks are simple

Question 13 of 18

I lose my place in a series of steps — such as a recipe, directions or a procedure — and have to start again

Question 14 of 18

I make mistakes when copying information from one place to another (e.g. taking notes)

Question 15 of 18

I find it hard to hold a question in mind long enough to formulate an answer

Question 16 of 18

In conversations, I sometimes have to ask the other person to repeat themselves

Question 17 of 18

I have difficulty with games or puzzles that require keeping several things in mind at once

Question 18 of 18

I forget instructions given to me while I am in the middle of carrying them out

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