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Working Memory Test

⏱ 6 minutes 📋 18 questions 🔒 Private & anonymous

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

Based on the Working Memory Questionnaire (WMQ) developed by Vallat-Azouvi et al. (2012) and working memory models from cognitive neuroscience research (Baddeley, 2003).

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Rate how often each of the following happens in your everyday life. Think about the past month in general.

Please answer all questions before submitting.

Question 1

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

Never Rarely Sometimes Often Almost always

Question 2

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

Never Rarely Sometimes Often Almost always

Question 3

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

Never Rarely Sometimes Often Almost always

Question 4

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

Never Rarely Sometimes Often Almost always

Question 5

I struggle to follow complex spoken instructions that have multiple steps

Never Rarely Sometimes Often Almost always

Question 6

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

Never Rarely Sometimes Often Almost always

Question 7

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

Never Rarely Sometimes Often Almost always

Question 8

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

Never Rarely Sometimes Often Almost always

Question 9

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

Never Rarely Sometimes Often Almost always

Question 10

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

Never Rarely Sometimes Often Almost always

Question 11

I forget to include things when completing forms or written tasks

Never Rarely Sometimes Often Almost always

Question 12

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

Never Rarely Sometimes Often Almost always

Question 13

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

Never Rarely Sometimes Often Almost always

Question 14

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

Never Rarely Sometimes Often Almost always

Question 15

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

Never Rarely Sometimes Often Almost always

Question 16

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

Never Rarely Sometimes Often Almost always

Question 17

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

Never Rarely Sometimes Often Almost always

Question 18

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

Never Rarely Sometimes Often Almost always

Answer all 18 questions to see your results