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Your internal clock is noisy. This test shows a duration, hides it, and asks you to reproduce it without a timer.

Five rounds show whether you release early, late, or consistently.

Solo or multiplayer?

Time memory direct answer

Time Memory Test

Time Memory Test measures interval reproduction. You experience a hidden duration, then recreate it without watching a timer.

The report compares target duration and submitted duration with absolute error, relative error, and log-ratio timing error. This makes early/late bias and proportional timing drift visible.

This is not a neurological, attention, or reaction-time diagnosis. Browser timing, input latency, refresh rate, focus, and device behavior can change results.

Evidence at a glance

5 intervals per standard run
1000-3500ms easy target range
500-6000ms harder target range
log-ratio proportional timing-error basis
Target source

Seed-generated intervals, with ranges controlled by difficulty.

Measurement

Absolute error, relative error, signed timing bias, and log-ratio timing error.

Report use

Early/late bias, interval-length sensitivity, consistency, and same-seed comparison.

Boundary

Not an ADHD test, neurological test, or medical attention assessment.

Evidence

What authority supports this test?

The app compares target duration and submitted duration using absolute error, relative error, and Weber fraction-style signed error.

The cited timing-perception papers support scalar timing, ratio error, and timing variability language. They do not certify this browser task.

Target fairness

How same-seed comparison stays fair

Bot Challenge is a labeled system rival for immediate comparison.

Friend Challenge and Live Match use the same seed, difficulty, and round count, so both sides reproduce the same hidden intervals.

Limits

What can affect the result?

Input device latency, browser frame timing, attention, audio/visual lag, and refresh rate can change timing results.

Report meaning

What the time report should explain

A useful time report separates accuracy from bias. A user can be consistent but always early, or inconsistent with no stable direction.

The report should also explain device limits because a browser-based timing task includes input and rendering latency.

Result analysis

How to read a time memory result

1 Read accuracy and direction

The total score says how close the reproductions were. Signed error tells whether the user tends to stop early or late.

2 Use relative error

A 200 ms miss means more on a short interval than on a long interval, so proportional error is part of the interpretation.

3 Separate bias from noise

A player can be consistently early, consistently late, or inconsistent with no stable direction. Those are different results.

FAQ

Time memory FAQ

What is a good time score?

A good score means the reproduced intervals were close to the hidden targets with low relative drift across rounds.

Why use ratio error?

A 200 ms miss on a short interval is more meaningful than the same miss on a long interval, so proportional error matters.

Can browser latency affect results?

Yes. Input device, refresh rate, browser scheduling, and focus can affect timing precision.

Can this diagnose attention problems?

No. It is an interval-reproduction assessment, not a clinical diagnosis.

Scoring evidence

Time memory evidence and report limits

Reference implementation

The reference time task uses deterministic intervals, visual hints on easy mode, and a log-ratio timing score. Dialed Color now uses the same interval ranges and log-ratio curve, while keeping the brand and report language separate.

Target source

Targets are seed-generated pseudo-random time intervals. Easy rounds draw 1000-3500ms intervals; harder rounds draw from 500-6000ms with long intervals spread across the run.

Measurement

The app compares target duration and submitted duration using absolute error, relative error, and Weber fraction-style signed error.

Score curve

The round score maps log-ratio timing error onto a 0-10 assessment score. The log/ratio basis follows timing psychophysics; the exact 0-10 curve is product calibration.

Report use

A report can discuss early/late bias, average absolute error, relative error, and Weber-fraction-style consistency. It should not claim attention disorder, neurological status, or reaction-time diagnosis.

Limits

Input device latency, browser frame timing, attention, audio/visual lag, and refresh rate can change timing results.

Authority note

These sources explain the measurement concepts used by the product. They are citations, not official certification, endorsement, or clinical validation of this test.

All scoring methods Scalar timing and Weber-law timing backgroundScalar expectancy theory and timing review contextTiming variability and Weber fractions