Watch the tiles light up and repeat the sequence as it grows.
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1 min
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About this test
This sequence task lights up tiles in a nine-tile grid one after another and asks you to tap them back in the same order, adding a step after each correct round. The result is the longest sequence you repeated before two misses at one length.
What this test reports
longest sequence
attempts
How the task works
Nine tiles light up one after another.
Tap them in the same order; the round checks itself when you reach the length.
A correct round adds one step; two misses at one length end the task.
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What this test adds
Order matters here, unlike the visual memory pattern next to it, so the two tasks together show whether you hold positions, order, or both.
A small next step
Try grouping the sequence into short runs of two or three taps on the next attempt.
Questions people ask
What is this measuring?
How long a sequence of positions you can hold in the order they arrived. Order is the whole difficulty: most people can say which tiles lit up for a good deal longer than they can say in what order.
Does a phone make this harder?
The nine tiles stay large enough to tap on a phone, so it makes little difference to the memory and some difference to the tapping. Keep to one device across attempts.
What do I do with the number?
Compare it with your own largest pattern from the visual memory test: if you hold positions well but order badly, the gap between the two tells you something a single number cannot. Then try grouping the sequence into runs of two or three on the next attempt.
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