How many words can you remember on this memory test?

Question

I only got 4. lol But I have a good long term memory...more than I want to remember.

This video is 9 minutes long...I think..actually..I can't remember!! lol Drat!

http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=y2z0wwz102

Answer 1

that was sooo cool. i got 8 on the 1st one and 6 on the 2nd one. i had the word anger on the 2nd one.

Answer 2

I've personally never encountered a false memory of my own. The first list I got eight, while the second list I got nine, all correct. That amount is pretty good for me since I learn and remember better through visuals, not verbals.

I wonder if an individual's visual or verbal learning may have something to do with false memories.

Answer 3

I got 7 on each and no false words although poster 2 left a clue.

That was pretty interesting and should be compulsory viewing for people who insist that they've seen something amazingly improbable when common sense would tell them that they have seen no such thing.

Answer 4

The first one I got eight and the second one I got six (but I was interrupted in the middle of the second one).

Intresting little test. I enjoyed it.

Answer 5

On the first test I got 10 of the words. The second I got 8 of the words. The weird thing is that I remembered the middle row of each set the best. Hah.

Answer 6

You missed the entire point of the test.  It wasn't how many you remember, but the fact that some people remembered things that weren't there.

This is why "eye witness" testimony is so unreliable.  This is why science does not accept anecdotes as evidence.

(there is an old orators trick known as the method of loci...look it up...when I was an undergrad we learned it in a psychology class...I had no problem remembering lists of 30-40 items.)

Answer 7

Deenie, wow, kudos for posting this.  I got eight on the first list and nine on the second.  The stuff that guy is talking about is exactly why people recounting their past paranormal experiences isn't very meaningful to the science of it.  Thanks for posting the very interesting video.