Tough Test of Memory Skills in Food Memory

See what kind of memory you have playing Food Memory

I always thought I had a pretty good memory. I still do. But playing Food Memory has made me question my memory skills. Or, not so much question them, but perhaps see that my memory skills are more to do with the method that I have trained myself to use for them, which is an interesting point in itself. Playing Food Memory made me realize that I have developed successful memory skills through words rather than pictures. But in Food Memory you need to use visual memory skills and it is those that I have not mastered so well.

How to play Food Memory

So in Food Memory you get pictures of 9 different food dishes lined up in rows of 3. You get a few seconds to look at them all and remember how they are arranged. Then the screen changes and all the food dishes are on the bottom of the screen and you have the same 9 places in which to put them back.

How I did with Food Memory

To be honest, I initially thought that Food Memory would be really easy, but actually it was not at all. Indeed, the most I ever got correct was 3. I think I found it particularly hard as I did not know the names of a lot of the dishes. Like I said, since I am a word person (rather than visual) I could not use words to help my memory in this game. I knew what the sushi, soup and burger was but then with the big round thing that I couldn't identify, I was lost for words as it were. Also, this game is pretty brutal because as soon as you make one mistake you are out.