Concentration

[roryk]

I have a vested interest in being able to measure some things about myself objectively. Right now I have a few lame ways of doing the things on this list, but I thought I would throw this out there to my livejournal to see if anyone knew of anything on the web or any sort of computer program that would do it in a quicker, more automated fashion for

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[gib]

there is a test out there that deals with reaction time and quickness of thinking. the one that comes to mind flashes letters at you on a random basis, for random periods of time, usually very quickly. when you see an X, you are supposed to hit the X key. it will measure how many times you got it wrong, plus your reaction time. i have no idea where to find it, or how it might apply to the three issues you bring up, but it's a fairly standard test.

[gib]

this addresses what i was talking about.

[roryk]

ah-- yes this is perfect. "reaction time" on google gives me:

http://www.getyourwebsitehere.com/jswb/rttest01.html

haha, a baseball one:

http://www.exploratorium.edu/baseball/reactiontime.html

I want a small stand alone application so I can keep it next to my other poker applications though, but these ones are kind of what I am looking for.

http://acky.net/javascripts/games/game006.htm

Good stuff. Thanks. Okay now on to concentration and emotion. Concentration would be hard, I wonder about emotion. Emotion is tough too... I don't know how you would do that one either. Hmm.

[aelphaba]

I read something once that mentioned that if you try to name as many animals as you can in 10 seconds you should be able name at least 10; any less than that and you are mentally tired

[roryk]

are there other things other than adderral which are non-addictive?

[aelphaba]

I havent been able to find anything non addictive which is why my Dr. aggreed to give me a 30 supply every 3 months or so. That way I can't get addicted to it and can use it when I really need it. You can get it 4-6 hour versions and 10-12 hr ones (which is what I have), I hear Ritilin does the same thing. I also hear it only has this extreme effect if you don't have ADD or ADHD. I guess if you have either this will just make you calm.

[roryk]

were you born knowing yourself, then?

[roryk]

it is one thing to know that you do something. it is another thing entirely to stop doing it.

chess - not very helpful to you, except maybe the end.

[adamfletcher]

Googly-eyes for the win

Re: chess - not very helpful to you, except maybe the end.

[roryk]

One of the worst offenders is starting to play in the first place. Now that I have some pressure to play, I am in your spot that you have with the Monday tournaments kind of, where I sort of have to play, or at least I feel like I have to, but I don't really feel like playing 100%. So I force myself to play anyway, and then I play poorly. But since I started off in a bad state I am not in the right state of mind to make good decisions about quitting and what not; it is kind of like starting off on the wrong foot, you know what I mean

Re: chess - not very helpful to you, except maybe the end.

[adamfletcher]

Yeah - this is definetly part of it. Brian quit the monday tournaments because he simply didn't feel like playing after a day of work and stress. He wasn't 100% and didn't want to play in that state