Take this test to find out if you have a photographic memory


Do you think your memory is better than most? Take this test to find out.

Look at the two images speckled with dots - can you see what letter is made out of the red dots when you combine both the pictures?

Can you see what letter is made when you combine the red dots from both images?
Can you see what letter is made when you combine the red dots from both images?

Don’t worry, it’s supposed to be hard. Apparently only one per cent of the population can figure it out, according to the creators of the illusion, Playbuzz.

The mind-boggling puzzle tests your eidetic memory, your ability to recall images in great detail after a short amount of time glancing at them.

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This type of memory is most common in early childhood, with two to 10 per cent of kids able to recall visual information after absorbing it for only short periods of time.

This ability usually fades away by six-years-old, and is said to be practically non-existent in adults.

Perhaps give this puzzle to a young child - they might be able to work it out for you if you haven’t already.

When overlaid, the red dots form the letter 'G.'
When overlaid, the red dots form the letter 'G.'

But if you have, you should have worked out the letter is ‘G.’

Congratulations! You have a photographic memory.

For those who didn’t get it, don’t worry, neither did we.