Marta's Psychology Blog

My birthday is on January 3rd  and my BioHero's name is Nervous Hippo.  Growing up in a typical swamp, the Nervous Hippo realized she had powers that none of her other hippo friends had. Despite being anxious and paranoid most of her childhood, the Nervous Hippo could remember things efficiently and for long periods of time very accurately and quickly. As well as having great memory, the Nervous Hippo could contract her muscles quicker and sleep better than all of the other hippos in the swap. NH quickly realized that the reason why she was superior to her community was due to having an enlarged hippocampus and the overproduction of Acetylcholine in her body.  When Nervous Hippo became an adult, her powers continued to grow and strengthen. Her powers became so strong that she was able to help the other hippos in the swamp with her abilities. With her enlarged hippocampus she was able to help hippos with emotional problems, strengthening their limbic syste...

The first test I took was the "Common Cents" test. Knowing me, I expected to choose the penny that looked the complete opposite of the actual penny. Surprisingly, I got it right! I feel like because this test only took a few seconds to complete, it isn't a very accurate measure of how well a person can identify an everyday object. In my instance, I chose the one that seemed right and I coincidentally chose the correct one. The next test I took was Continuous Concentration test. This one included multiple tests, but I decided to show the two that I scored the best on (Duh).  I found this test quite long and I felt mentally depleted after finishing it, even more than I usually do.  When taking the visual patterns test, 9/10 of the puzzles given were pretty straightforward. The only puzzle that made absolutely no sense to me was the last one. I feel like because there were only 10 puzzles given, it was mediocre in terms of determining how well a perso...