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Order Mindin Test

Watch the squares licht up, then tap them back in the same order. Ilk round the order gets ane step langer. A few minutes, free, nae sign-up.

Bi the Helibrain teamChecked bi Robert(Inglis), PhD candidate in biophysicsPit oot Last checked

Whit this test measures

It measures yer spatial span: hou lang a order o places ye can mind in order. It's a screen version o the Corsi block-tappin task, a widely uised test o visuospatial short-term mindin. In the original, an examiner taps blocks fixed on a board ane by ane, an ye tap the same blocks in the same order 1.

Mindin an order o places draws on a somewhat different kind o mindin fae mindin a pattern seen aa at ance 2. The visual mindin test covers that ither kind.

Hou the test works

  • Squares in a 3×3 grid licht up ane efter anither. Whan the order ends, tap the same squares in the same order.
  • The first order has 2 squares, an ilka richt answer adds ane. A square can come up mair than ance, but niver twae times in a row.
  • Ye get 2 tries at ilk length; missin ilka try at ae length ends the test. A wrang tap ends that try richt awa.

Hou tae read yer score

Yer score is the langest order ye tapped back in the richt order. The research version uises nine blocks set oot in fixed, uneven places, an its scorin an norms wur standardised for that set-up 1. This grid is a different layout, sae yer score here is best compared wi yer ain ither runs, no wi clinical results.

Whit helps an whit hinders

A lot o fowk trace the path wi their een or say the positions tae thairsels. Baith are fine; juist keep tae the same gate atween runs. Tiredness, distraction, an simply gettin uised tae the gemme can aa shift yer score.

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Cite this page: Order Mindin Test. Helibrain. 2026. https://helibrain.com/sco/sequence-memory-test. CC BY 4.0.

How this test works

This game tests how many places you can remember in the right order. Squares in a 3 by 3 grid flash one at a time. When they stop, tap the same squares in the same order. You start with 2 squares, and every right answer adds one. You get 2 tries at each length, and missing both ends the game. Your score is the longest sequence you repeated correctly. It is based on the Corsi block-tapping task, used in psychology since 1972.

Version 1 · Cite this test:

Helibrain (2026). Sequence memory test, v1. https://helibrain.com/sequence-memory-test/methods

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Sources

  1. Kessels RPC, van Zandvoort MJE, Postma A, Kappelle LJ, de Haan EHF (2000). The Corsi Block-Tappin Task: standardisation an norm data. Applied Neuropsychology 7(4):252–258.
  2. Della Sala S, Gray C, Baddeley A, Allamano N, Wilson L (1999). Pattern span: a tool for unpickin visuospatial mindin. Neuropsychologia 37(10):1189–1199.

How we made this page: scrieved bi the Helibrain team fae the studies listed abuin, an checked bi Robert(Inglis) (PhD candidate in biophysics) on 11/3/2026. We update it when the soorces chynges.