Create a Mental Map
As numbers appear, quickly note their positions relative to each other. Creating a spatial map in your mind helps you remember the sequence.
Remember numbers and click them in ascending order! Numbers appear briefly, then disappear. Can you remember the sequence?
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The Chimp Test game trains your working memory, visual-spatial memory, sequential processing through progressive challenges that strengthen neural connections. Research shows that consistent practice of these tasks can significantly improve:
As numbers appear, quickly note their positions relative to each other. Creating a spatial map in your mind helps you remember the sequence.
Group numbers into smaller chunks (like 1-2-3, 4-5-6) rather than trying to remember each number individually. This technique increases your capacity.
The Chimp Test is all about working memory. Learn how brain training improves memory and why consistent practice matters.
Working memory improves with consistent practice. Start with easier levels and gradually challenge yourself as your memory capacity increases.
A working-memory task inspired by research with a chimpanzee named Ayumu, who could memorise the positions of numbers flashed for a fraction of a second. You see numbers on a grid, they turn into blank tiles, and you must tap them in order 1, 2, 3 from memory.
On the very fast versions of the task, young chimpanzees have outperformed human adults at recalling briefly shown number layouts. Humans catch up when given more viewing time, which is why this game gets hard as the numbers increase.
Reaching 8-15 numbers is a normal range for adults. Past 15 you are relying on capturing the whole grid as an image in the split second before it hides.
Do not read the numbers one by one - take a single snapshot of the whole grid, then tap from that mental image. Start your tap sequence immediately before the image fades.
Test and improve your working memory, visual recall, and pattern recognition
Short-term memory, pattern recognition
Memorize and repeat increasingly complex sequences to test your short-term memory capacity.
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Remember patterns of tiles and recall them with increasing difficulty levels.
Start TrainingVerbal memory, vocabulary recall
Remember a list of words and identify them among distractors.
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