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malaise

(288,104 posts)
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 03:14 PM Sunday

DUers - have you done any of the IQ tests or dementia tests

you see online?
I did one for the first time in about a decade today and was pleasantly surprised.

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DUers - have you done any of the IQ tests or dementia tests (Original Post) malaise Sunday OP
I think that markodochartaigh Sunday #1
Laughed so loud malaise Sunday #2
got a link? rurallib Sunday #3
LOl malaise Sunday #5
Here malaise Sunday #10
I went through this and discovered I wouldn't get my results unless I paid some money. Morbius Sunday #11
There have been complaints about that site scamming people MerrilyMerrily Monday #20
I'm afraid of results. However, similar "tests" I've taken on-line always end up with "pay" or "subcribe" for results. Silent Type Sunday #4
No this one had no trap layups at the end malaise Sunday #6
I have taken the SAGE test for dementia a few times 10 Turtle Day Sunday #7
Thanks for this malaise Sunday #8
My Doctor Dismisses All That Stuff ProfessorGAC Sunday #9
Yeah i did an IQ test Figarosmom Sunday #12
SATs, GREs, most standardized tests were like that when I took them. malthaussen Monday #17
Person, woman, man, camera, TV. Swede Sunday #13
Wait wait malaise Sunday #14
I took one. They thought I was a special-needs Dog. chouchou Sunday #15
Nope. Not interested. malthaussen Monday #16
I did a test that was linked above and did pretty well Grim Chieftain Monday #18
LOL malaise Monday #19

Morbius

(620 posts)
11. I went through this and discovered I wouldn't get my results unless I paid some money.
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 10:24 PM
Sunday

I did not sent any money, so I passed the test.

MerrilyMerrily

(212 posts)
20. There have been complaints about that site scamming people
Mon Aug 18, 2025, 11:26 PM
Monday

Two choices only - 1) click on free trial - which somehow can't be cancelled when the time is up- or 2) click on SKIP FREE TRIAL(large print) - and get subscribed and charged instantly (the last part in small print).

https://support.google.com/googleplay/thread/347985537/myiq-scam-if-you-see-this-early-enough-you-have-time-to-cancel-the-hidden-subscription?hl=en

Silent Type

(10,676 posts)
4. I'm afraid of results. However, similar "tests" I've taken on-line always end up with "pay" or "subcribe" for results.
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 04:05 PM
Sunday

malaise

(288,104 posts)
6. No this one had no trap layups at the end
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 04:27 PM
Sunday

It was shapes of things to select, number of lines, boxes, triangles, circles v squares, etc for a given sequence. Quite interesting..

10 Turtle Day

(836 posts)
7. I have taken the SAGE test for dementia a few times
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 04:40 PM
Sunday

First as a baseline several years ago and I gave a copy to my primary care doctor as a baseline. She had me retake it in the office as it’s supposed to be a timed test. I don’t see that in the instructions, but what do I know? Since I’ve turned 65, the doc has me draw the clock with hands at 11:10 and memorize three words as part of the annual Medicare wellness checkup. Before I turned 65, I’d retake the SAGE test every few years.

A few years ago my siblings and I were worried about our mom’s cognitive decline and we each took one as group family activity so she wouldn’t think we were singling her out. We scored each others’ tests. She had mixed results. Now she’ll turn 95 next month and the decline is accelerating. She still knows who we are but her short term memory is pretty bad. That being said, if I live that long, I’d be happy to have the health she does.

It was developed The Ohio State University. There are 4 versions that all have the same components. The link to version 1 is below. The answers are not available to the public (I swear they used to be!) but if you are of sound mind they are fairly obvious.


https://wexnermedical.osu.edu/-/media/files/wexnermedical/patient-care/healthcare-services/brain-spine-neuro/memory-disorders/sage/forms/sage-form-1-nz.pdf?la=en&hash=9D23C7AE73D17CA105295E50E80ACF7C713CF56

More info:
https://wexnermedical.osu.edu/brain-spine-neuro/memory-disorders/sage#:~:text=There%20is%20no%20answer%20sheet,care%20providers%20accepting%20new%20patients.

malaise

(288,104 posts)
8. Thanks for this
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 05:11 PM
Sunday

No dementia on the maternal side but on the paternal side, the aunt who died at 95 didn’t even know her children and the one who reached 89 was getting there.

ProfessorGAC

(74,069 posts)
9. My Doctor Dismisses All That Stuff
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 05:27 PM
Sunday

He said after the first 5 seconds, he knows if he should be concerned.
If he is concerned he'd do the screening, but he thinks it silly at my age, especially since there is no baseline & no family history of senility.

Figarosmom

(7,887 posts)
12. Yeah i did an IQ test
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 10:35 PM
Sunday

It was so full of shit.💩

It said my IQ was 160 something. I decided those test were rigged. Anyone who has read a lot of books and who knew the references could get a high score. I did work in Reference in the college library for 4 years.

malthaussen

(18,281 posts)
17. SATs, GREs, most standardized tests were like that when I took them.
Mon Aug 18, 2025, 05:35 PM
Monday

My scores were so high I knew there was something wrong with the tests.

-- Mal

malthaussen

(18,281 posts)
16. Nope. Not interested.
Mon Aug 18, 2025, 05:33 PM
Monday

My last doctor's exam, though, they had me do a cognitive test. Pain in the butt, really, my short-term memory has always been atrocious.

-- Mal

Grim Chieftain

(501 posts)
18. I did a test that was linked above and did pretty well
Mon Aug 18, 2025, 06:58 PM
Monday

Until it came to the geometric shapes. Maybe next time I'll try it before I have two glasses of Chardonnay.

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