Slow PASAT
Slow PASAT
The time limit for the PASAT has been increased by a few seconds. It might as well be unlimited; it will be updated depending on the circumstances. This test should be treated as separate from the previous one, but for simplicity's sake, it will be a total replacement. If there aren't many objections to this change, a new version that focuses on the speed test aspect will be made available later.
In any case, as the test provides the next number once a response is given, you will be able to pace yourself, except now the stress (and challenging) element is largely gone. Consequently, it is possible that users hovering on the borderline of a higher level might learn less quickly (if we take "learning" as the ability to perform addition of n digits in memory with a given time). But it is imaginable that one can significantly improve PASAT performance by practicing rapid addition alone; aside of the memory span component, this kind of practice would make for a domain-specific task.
It should now be trivially easy for many users to reach n=5, which has been visited only by user sygenator in the previous version; treat this as a power test then.
In any case, as the test provides the next number once a response is given, you will be able to pace yourself, except now the stress (and challenging) element is largely gone. Consequently, it is possible that users hovering on the borderline of a higher level might learn less quickly (if we take "learning" as the ability to perform addition of n digits in memory with a given time). But it is imaginable that one can significantly improve PASAT performance by practicing rapid addition alone; aside of the memory span component, this kind of practice would make for a domain-specific task.
It should now be trivially easy for many users to reach n=5, which has been visited only by user sygenator in the previous version; treat this as a power test then.
cognitivefun | 4 years ago
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I was thinking of a variant having parallel pasats. 2 or more voices calling out numbers in a random order.. We'll have to answer each separately. I guess it'd make it more challenging as a power test
sygenator | 4 years ago
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