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05 Aug 2013, 4:27 pm

I found this link hosted by UCLA. In theory, people with autism have poor executive function in certain areas, especially task-switching. The flexibility test on this site measures it. You will have to register first.

If you want, you can post your percentile scores on the first try, with your average time in milliseconds. To my knowledge, this link hasn't been posted on the mailing list yet.

If you perform poorly, don't fret. Due to retest effects, the percentile scores are probably a little harsher than most.

https://www.braintest.org/brain_test/BrainTest



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05 Aug 2013, 5:45 pm

I did well!

Well, well for me.

Flexibility Test

Accuracy: 22nd percentile
Speed: 13th percentile


For the Flexibility test, I found a mental trick that made the test way easier. If it wasn't for that I'd have done way worse.



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05 Aug 2013, 5:59 pm

The only thing I see there says "internal demo only. No outside users at this time, please" is that what you took?



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05 Aug 2013, 6:17 pm

within that there are multiple tests. One of those is the flexibility test.



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05 Aug 2013, 6:32 pm

Overall accuracy: 76th percentile.
Response time: 28th percentile.

964 ms



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05 Aug 2013, 6:33 pm

Tuttle wrote:
within that there are multiple tests. One of those is the flexibility test.


But it looks like they are asking people not to use it yet. Or did I miss something?



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05 Aug 2013, 6:35 pm

You need to register to take it. If you don't register you can't take it.



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05 Aug 2013, 6:39 pm

I can't seem to locate the test in question.



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05 Aug 2013, 7:11 pm

Ah, nevermind:

Overall accuracy: 13th percentile.
Response time: 7th percentile.

1347 ms and 91.1% accuracy.



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05 Aug 2013, 8:04 pm

Accuracy
28th pctile
Speed
3rd pctile

Okay then... uhm. Yeah. My brain doesn't do the switching thing so good.


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05 Aug 2013, 8:05 pm

Gamer wrote:
If you perform poorly, don't fret. Due to retest effects, the percentile scores are probably a little harsher than most.

Overall 1833ms 156 of 192

81.3%
Overall accuracy: 7th percentile.
Response time: 2nd percentile.



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05 Aug 2013, 8:51 pm

I've taken all of them. The one I find most interesting of my results is the attention test:

Accuracy: 5th percentile
Speed: 100th percentile



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05 Aug 2013, 9:09 pm

Accuracy: 67th percentile

Speed: 13th percentile

Overall average response time: 1168 ms



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05 Aug 2013, 9:20 pm

Gamer wrote:
I found this link hosted by UCLA. In theory, people with autism have poor executive function in certain areas, especially task-switching. The flexibility test on this site measures it. You will have to register first.

If you want, you can post your percentile scores on the first try, with your average time in milliseconds. To my knowledge, this link hasn't been posted on the mailing list yet.

If you perform poorly, don't fret. Due to retest effects, the percentile scores are probably a little harsher than most.

https://www.braintest.org/brain_test/BrainTest

Just saw this posted on another forum, though without the line about autism. :?


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05 Aug 2013, 9:56 pm

Overall accuracy: 24th percentile (94.3%).
Response time: 29th percentile (958 ms).



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05 Aug 2013, 10:01 pm

Actually I wanted to see how NTs and ASDs would compare on the same test in order to see if the lack of task-switching with autistics has any merit. There is also a need to if task-switching ability in autism-spectrum disorders had any correlation with overall functioning (job attainment, education, etc.), since this is partially modifiable via aerobic exercise. I also wanted to have a good average to see if the percentiles are a comparison of the general population, or just visitors to the site, since the researchers have yet to respond to my email.

Regardless, people can still gain some valuable information about themselves. No harm, no foul.