The Galton-Crovitz test

At the University of Amsterdam we are interested if people's memories of public events like disasters for instance, are related to their personal memories. With personal memories we not only mean intimate memories but also memories of trivial events. For example, what people ate for breakfast or with whom they had a conversation yesterday. To put it briefly, we mean the autobiographical memory.

This study is based on the work of Francis Galton (1879) and Herbert Crovitz (1974) and therefore carries their names. They gave their subjects a word. The subjects then had to describe the specific personal event that had come to mind first. In this Internet study subjects will be asked to do the same. The study contains of thirty questions and takes about 30 minutes.

If you have not taken this test, the Daily News Memory Test or the Favourites Questionnaire before, we would like to ask you a few background questions before starting with the test. By answering this form, we assume that you have given your informed consent for this experiment. All the answers to these questions will remain confidential, and will not be used improperly nor given to third parties. The Institutional Review Board (Ethical commission) of the University of Amsterdam has approved this test.

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