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Memory Test

⏱ 6 minutes 📋 20 questions 🔒 Private & anonymous

How good is your memory in everyday life? Measure how often memory lapses affect your daily functioning, work and relationships.

Adapted from the Everyday Memory Questionnaire (EMQ) developed by Sunderland, Harris & Baddeley (1983), and the Memory Failures Questionnaire (Gilewski et al., 1990).

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Rate how often each of the following happens to you in everyday life. Think about the past month in general, not specific incidents.

Please answer all questions before submitting.

Question 1

I forget where I have put things, such as keys, glasses or my phone

Never Rarely Occasionally Quite often Very often

Question 2

I forget names of people I know or have met

Never Rarely Occasionally Quite often Very often

Question 3

I forget whether I have done something, such as locking the door or taking medication

Never Rarely Occasionally Quite often Very often

Question 4

I forget something I was told just a short time before

Never Rarely Occasionally Quite often Very often

Question 5

I forget the details of something I read recently

Never Rarely Occasionally Quite often Very often

Question 6

I forget why I walked into a room

Never Rarely Occasionally Quite often Very often

Question 7

I forget words I want to use in conversation — the "tip-of-the-tongue" feeling

Never Rarely Occasionally Quite often Very often

Question 8

I forget the names of everyday objects, even though I know what they are

Never Rarely Occasionally Quite often Very often

Question 9

I forget appointments or commitments even when I had intended to remember them

Never Rarely Occasionally Quite often Very often

Question 10

I lose track of what I was saying in the middle of a sentence

Never Rarely Occasionally Quite often Very often

Question 11

I forget to pass on messages to people

Never Rarely Occasionally Quite often Very often

Question 12

I forget important dates, such as birthdays or anniversaries

Never Rarely Occasionally Quite often Very often

Question 13

I get confused about the sequence in which things happened recently

Never Rarely Occasionally Quite often Very often

Question 14

I forget to do things I had planned, such as buying something at the shop

Never Rarely Occasionally Quite often Very often

Question 15

I repeat something I have already told someone in the same conversation

Never Rarely Occasionally Quite often Very often

Question 16

I have difficulty remembering the details of events from the recent past

Never Rarely Occasionally Quite often Very often

Question 17

I have trouble remembering which things I have already done during the day

Never Rarely Occasionally Quite often Very often

Question 18

I forget the content of dreams almost immediately after waking

Never Rarely Occasionally Quite often Very often

Question 19

I find it hard to concentrate on what someone is saying because my mind drifts

Never Rarely Occasionally Quite often Very often

Question 20

I forget the content of conversations shortly after they have finished

Never Rarely Occasionally Quite often Very often

Answer all 20 questions to see your results