maahbaloch comments on How to test your mental performance at the moment? - Less Wrong

22 Post author: taw 23 November 2009 06:35PM

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Comment author: maahbaloch 23 November 2009 11:02:26PM 0 points [-]

I think either of three methods listed by you do not really present the exact quantification of your mental performance. Your performance on these tests will most probably depend on your interest in that particular kind of test. Therefore any results that you may get from these tests will have that subjectivity in them brought to the entire process by your level of interest for that particular kind of test.

Comment author: taw 24 November 2009 02:43:18AM 0 points [-]

One big advantage of the three tests I described is that I usually get very good binary outcome - yes or no. It's not so with most other computer games, or other tests I tried. And they're all quite pleasant activities - even if I wouldn't necessarily want to spend an entire evening playing Quake 3 or doing go problems, I'm usually quite happy to spend 10 minutes on them.