Quick and easy Executive Function Test

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πthon.

I could only think of four: Snake, Salamander, Shark, Spider. Then my brain went blank. In the back of my mind I was like 'screw it I'll just google it'. xD

Nicely done. <bows before the master>

The time limit caused me to panic and all I came up with was zebra.

You know, I've always been absolutely terrible at putting things into categories. I never know what genre of music a song falls under, and I'm guessing this is pretty similar... Anyway, I got: Seagull, spider, sparrow, stingray, and sloth... Then I figured either my time was up, or it was a lost cause to even try to think of any more. I didn't actually time myself though.

I got 5, but only because I counted Snorlax and Sarlacc.

just 2 ? i found snake and salmon LOL
i feel so stupid right now haha.

Squirtle, Skitty, Snorlax, Shinx, Sharpedo, Spearow, Starly, Staravia, Staraptor

OMG! If there was ever a sign that I needed therapy, that was it.

I never realized how much of this I was absorbing when my kid was watching and playing Pokemon. Though I suppose having them repeat their names 100 times per episode may have something to do with retention.

2- snake and salamander. What makes this really sad, is that I have lots of Squirrels running around my front yard and I couldn't even think of that.

I got three. But I don't really see what this has to do with executive function. It's more a test of memory and how well you think under pressure. The latter which I am not good at at all! I always hated timed tests. But Aspies do tend to like to categorize things.

I was wondering about that myself. I would think that if you were a scrabble player or other kind of "wordie", you'd excel at this (Apsie or not). It's a fun little exercise, but I'm not sure that it's testing anything other than your ability to spew out a list of related words. If you did it under an MRI, it would be a lot more telling. But, I'm not sure that it tells you anything just by looking at the results. (apart from the fact that you've probably never had to develop that skill for some other area of your life)

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On the topic of those "stereotypical" executive function warning signs, I blank out on phone numbers (including my own). I have trouble remembering my employee ID number (which I use almost every day), but I have all of my credit card numbers, drivers license, health insurance numbers, etc. at the tip of my tongue. So if someone looked at just my phone number retention, they'd say I was severely impaired. But if they looked only at my credit card number memory, I'd be on the upper end of the functional curve. (Oh...and in another classic EFT, I couldn't get both of these related thoughts out in a single post)

I got 4 then I started to faze out and stare blankly at the floor.

Snake, snail, shark and sheep.

Salamander
Scorpion
Spider
Sloth
Stink bug
Scarab beetle

didnt think of any of the easy ones

Snake
Spider
Sheep
Shrimp

And then I couldn't stop staring at the red second hand moving toward the 1-minute mark on the clock.

I got:
snake
seagull
skunk
sparrow
sloth
skink

can't believe i didn't think of the obvious ones like squirrel and shark!