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I am unfortunately not a supertasker like I thought I would be.  In fact, when I was listening to the BBC piece on it I think they said only about 5% of people in the world are supertaskers.. Basically it is their ability to juggle several items in their head without getting confused with a high degree of accuracy.

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If you have around 30 - 40 minutes you can go ahead and take the test and see if you are one.  I was able to score 95+ on the first two parts, but only scored in the mid 80s on the final one.. They basically test your visual tasking, sound tasking and then a combination of the two.. It can get frustrating I promise.

The original test that they did in the lab was having people drive a simulated car, solve math problems, talk on the phone and memorize a few words.  Once they identified the people they consider to be supertaskers they took scans of their minds and found that these people basically don't utilize all of their brain capacities, and thus don't get overwhelmed with all the information that needs to be processed.  Unlike the rest of us, where our brain basically malfunctions because it is overloaded :)

So.. Are you a supertasker?  

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I don't have 30-40 minutes. Too much work to do.

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6 hours ago, Abu3baid said:

I am unfortunately not a supertasker like I thought I would be.  In fact, when I was listening to the BBC piece on it I think they said only about 5% of people in the world are supertaskers.. Basically it is their ability to juggle several items in their head without getting confused with a high degree of accuracy.

Take The Test Here

If you have around 30 - 40 minutes you can go ahead and take the test and see if you are one.  I was able to score 95+ on the first two parts, but only scored in the mid 80s on the final one.. They basically test your visual tasking, sound tasking and then a combination of the two.. It can get frustrating I promise.

The original test that they did in the lab was having people drive a simulated car, solve math problems, talk on the phone and memorize a few words.  Once they identified the people they consider to be supertaskers they took scans of their minds and found that these people basically don't utilize all of their brain capacities, and thus don't get overwhelmed with all the information that needs to be processed.  Unlike the rest of us, where our brain basically malfunctions because it is overloaded :)

So.. Are you a supertasker?  

Challenging. . .consistently scored in the mid 80s and didn't do the final section, guessing will score lower. Meetings and lunch. . .I'll try again tonight!

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2 minutes ago, Lihu said:

Challenging. . .consistently scored in the mid 80s and didn't do the final section, guessing will score lower. Meetings and lunch. . .

It's the last section that really gets frustrating because it combines both audio and visual and if you lose focus for a second you stop being sure why you let them in or stopped them..

When they were talking about it, they explained that it is also designed so that if someone just guessed they would get 50% on average :)..  

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1 minute ago, Abu3baid said:

It's the last section that really gets frustrating because it combines both audio and visual and if you lose focus for a second you stop being sure why you let them in or stopped them..

When they were talking about it, they explained that it is also designed so that if someone just guessed they would get 50% on average :)..  

Yeah, I'm guessing I would score in the mid 60s in the final section. Going to try again. How many times can I try it?

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6 minutes ago, Lihu said:

Yeah, I'm guessing I would score in the mid 60s in the final section. Going to try again. How many times can I try it?

As many as you want.. I did it twice and definitely did a little better the second time.. let us know how you do!

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I barely walk and chew gum at the same time...  :8)

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I'm going to guess probably not, though I always excelled in restaurant jobs.

I'll say I'm going to do the test later when I have time, but I'm just as likely not to.

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25 minutes ago, David in FL said:

I barely walk and chew gum at the same time...  :8)

That's my worry, that it will tell me I should probably wear a helmet before attempting. 

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1 hour ago, David in FL said:

I barely walk and chew gum at the same time...  :8)

 

56 minutes ago, billchao said:

I'm going to guess probably not, though I always excelled in restaurant jobs.

I'll say I'm going to do the test later when I have time, but I'm just as likely not to.

 

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That's my worry, that it will tell me I should probably wear a helmet before attempting. 

It's like a video game. Should be fun. I already told everyone I sucked at it the first time I attempted it and didn't even get to the tough part! :-D

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On 6/20/2016 at 0:25 PM, Lihu said:

Challenging. . .consistently scored in the mid 80s and didn't do the final section, guessing will score lower. Meetings and lunch. . .I'll try again tonight!

 

On 6/20/2016 at 0:31 PM, Lihu said:

Yeah, I'm guessing I would score in the mid 60s in the final section. Going to try again. How many times can I try it?

 

 

On 6/20/2016 at 0:41 PM, Abu3baid said:

As many as you want.. I did it twice and definitely did a little better the second time.. let us know how you do!

75% after I tried a couple times. It's pretty hard for me. I started guessing after about half of it. I think my brain overloaded. :-D

If I tried it out many more times, I can see myself improving, but practicing multiple times seems like an inaccurate means to determine how good I am at it. Seems like it might even improve my super-tasking ability a little bit by taking this test multiple times?

I wonder if my son can score in the high 90s like you? He plays a lot of interactive first shooter type of games.

I'm guessing you do a lot of multi-tasking at work or in your social environment?

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