Alisa recently sent me a link to a ‘face memory’ test. Knowing her like I do, I thought that maybe the instructions to study the faces for this test would end with some monster jumping out to scare me when my guard was down. She promised me that wouldn’t happen, and it didn’t. It’s actually a fun test that provided some pretty cool insight into facial memory recognition, as well an indicator of temporal memory performance.
Notice the average score is 68% and I pumped out a big 87%! Go me! I felt even better when I read the following: The area of the brain that controls temporal memory can be affected by prolonged sleep loss and/or aging. Hmmmmm… Perry’s temporal memory score was lower than mine, 75%, (still pretty darned respectable I might add) and I’ve spent a few more glorious days on this earth than he has (quite a few more actually)! Maybe he’s not getting enough sleep…
The one thing I’m sure of is this — if I had to remember names, I’d have been in big, big trouble. I can remember people that I’ve seen before, but I am probably the worst in the world with names. See how you do — click the link and let me know how you score!