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6 free cognitive tests to help you know your own mind

There are many apps and intelligence quizzes online that promise to measure — or even boost — your cognitive abilities or reveal characteristics about your personality. However, many such tests have little evidence showing that they do anything besides waste your time. Here are six tests commonly used in psychological research to measure personal traits and certain aspects of cognition. Out of everybody on the planet, you spend the most time with yourself. That’s why the fact that we don’t really know that much about ourselves is so unfair.

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Brainitor

Free online cognitive tests.

Cerebrum

Test your brain age. Challenge yourself with CerebrumIQ's IQ test, designed to Mensa International standards. Improve problem-solving, critical thinking, and reasoning skills with our brain games.

Food for the Brain

It is possible to identify your risk factors – most of which are under your control – and show you how to protect your brain function. The sooner you start the better, because the most subtle cognitive decline can start 40 years before a diagnosis – but it is never too late.

MCIDET test

The Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia Enquiry Test is based on a 30-point questionnaire that is used extensively in clinical and research settings to measure cognitive impairment.

MemTrax

These tests were often criticized for being culturally biased and not accurately reflecting a person’s true abilities. In the 1960s, cognitive psychologists began developing new types of tests designed to measure specific cognitive skills.

MyBrainTest

Online test: Screen your memory and cognitive function.

Neurotrack

Screen with confidence in a fraction of the time. A patient-administered cognitive test, complete in 3 minutes

SAGE: A Test to Detect Signs of Alzheimer's and Dementia

The Self-Administered Gerocognitive Exam (SAGE) is designed to detect early signs of cognitive, memory or thinking impairments. It evaluates your thinking abilities and helps physicians to know how well your brain is working.