[madisgram]

Short Neurological Test
1 - Find the C below, Please do not use any cursor help.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

2 - If you already found the C, now find the 6 below.

99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
69999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999

3 - Now find the N below. It's a little more difficult.

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

This is NOT a joke. If you were able to pass these 3 tests, you can cancel your annual visit to your neurologist. Your brain is great and you're far from having a close relationship with Alzheimer.

Congratulations!

part 2

eonvrye that can raed this rsaie your hnad.

To my 'selected' strange-minded friends:

If you can read the following paragraph, forward it on to your friends and the person that sent it to you with 'yes' in the subject line.


Only great minds can read this. This is weird, but interesting!

If you can raed this, you have a sgtrane mnid too

Can you raed this? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in what oerdr the ltteres in a word are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is that the frsit and last ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it whotuit a pboerlm. This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the word as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! If you can raed this forwrad it.

[lynn P.]

Thats was incredibly cool madisgram. I have to say I was a little intimidated of doing badly at first and I fear the idea of getting alzheimers. I did remarkably well and instantly recognized at the letters/numbers on the first part and read the scrambled letters effortlessly, so I'm happy my brain is well lol. I think playing mind enhancing games helps and I think playing Mahjong here at PC helped with finding the odd #'s and letters. I guess I would be sad if I didn't do well and I hope everyone else has good results. Thanks for posting this.

Thank you for the post. No neurologist for me.

[Nola22]

That was fun and informative. I did really well, though I harbored some apprehension I might start freaking a little if I couldn't complete the tasks. Wasn't a problem!

Thanks, madisgram.

[ladyjrnlist]

I passed with flying colors and read it in no time! Super genius me. LOL

[KathyM]

Hmmmm....I passed the test!

So how come I can't figure out how to pick up a spoon or open a door when necessary? When these episodes occur, the object is very familiar to me but I have no idea what to do with it or how it works. The harder I try, the worse it gets. If I relax completely it will sometimes come back to me, but most times I have to give up and move onto something else. I'm almost certain if my house ever catches on fire, I will be frozen solid. That will probably be the time when I remember how to pick up a spoon.

Oh well - at least I still have the ability to read scrambled text...and pick out the oddballs in the group. Who knows, if my house DOES catch on fire - maybe I'll be able to douse the flames with my mighty spoon!

[Umbral_Seraph]

Nailed it! Nothing to do with memory, that's why.

I've seen something like this before, with reading the first and last etters. What's really hard are the color ones where the word is the name of a color but colored a different color.

[lonegael]

Kathy, that's because it's a screener for prodromal problems, not for people who already have the disorder. I get similar blocks occasionally that i believe are a function of the bipolar, I have always had these freezes, even as a child, almsot as if processing suddenly slows way down and even though part of the brain is still cranking along identifying and trying to regulate and plan action, the action doesn't happen. Catatonia? Usually only lasts a couple of seconds and happnes more often when i am depressed. Also passed the test without problems. Then again, I can write for people upsidedown and right to left, read when people sitting across from me are writing, etcetera. can also print legibly left hand and write with my right foot Yep, opposable toes! I really am a throwback!

[KathyM]

Originally Posted by lonegael

I can write for people upsidedown

Thanks Lonegael. If I'm ever in need of an upside down letter, I'll head over to the playgrounds of Sweden to find you. It's my guess you'll be the one hanging from her knees on the monkey bars - or are you more of the tree-limb type?

[lonegael]

Definitely tree limbs! monkeybars are way too slippery! Too industrial too!