A further Alzheimers test

[devonwoody]

How many "F's" can you count in this statement?

FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI
FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS...

 

[Racers]

4

Pete

 

[beech1948]

6

Not sure that it is a specific Alzheimers test but is often used in a longer form as a test of cognitive perception....crops up in many areas eg NLP, Coaching, CBT etc etc

Al

 

[devonwoody]

Thats two answers :wink: :roll:

 

[wcndave]

I got 6.... that make me genius apparently, according to david brown, so the test is clearly flawed... and not related to alzheimers...

 

[devonwoody]

Yes, but I keep editing the statement.

 

[wcndave]

Looks the same to me :?

This test is actually about the importance of words in language. A non english speaker, and certainly someone who uses a non-latin alphabet, or who is illiterate will always get 6. (perhaps that explains why i got 6 )

 

[nev]

1 in this statement. 6 in the next paragraph!

 

[cambournepete]

I only get 3 in the original statement...

 

[steadyeddie]

I arrived at the same answer as Nev. 1 + 6

Dave

 

[studders]

How many "F's" can you count in this statement?

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All of them.

 

[Digit]

All of them.

Brilliant!.

Roy.

 

[Racers]

changed my mind 6

its the of isn't it

Pete

 

[Jonzjob]

3 BUT there's no 'F' in beer :wink:

 

[wcndave]

changed my mind 6

its the of isn't it

Yes the brain hears it with a v sound, and so represents the character as a v in your mind, rather than an f.

 

[thomvic]

There are no f's in "this statement"

Richard

 

[Jonzjob]

I suppose it's a bit like the silent 'P' in swimming? :?

 

[devonwoody]

I suppose it's a bit like the silent 'P' in swimming? :?

But the water level rises to the observant, of course it would not be noticed.