The hiding map
Remember several food locations and find them again.
Try this taskScrub-jay Challenge
What was hidden where—and when?
Food, location and time belong together.
What you will do
The scrub-jay challenge asks you to remember more than a location. Different foods appear in different hiding places, and their usefulness depends on the virtual time given in the task.
In the freshness game, worms are preferred while fresh but spoil after 24 virtual hours. Nuts stay edible. Choose the worms before that threshold and the nuts afterwards. The distraction task adds a quantity decision between studying the hiding places and recalling one of them.
Games you can play
What stays fresh?
Location, food type and time belong together.
Try this taskRemember after a distraction
Hide first, then solve a different task.
Try this taskHow the animal challenge works
Three tests with five rounds each. You have one life: every round must be correct. Tests become harder automatically, from Light through Medium to Demanding. Before each test, take your time with the rules and example. Choose relaxed or sport tempo; the clock starts when you start the task.
What to watch for
- Associate each food with a position before the map is covered.
- Read the virtual age at recall. The waiting time on your device is not the food’s age.
Before you play
Where should I start?
Open one task and read its goal and example before starting. Training lets you choose the task profile and tempo.
How many rounds are there?
Each task has five rounds. Training allows one wrong round; one-life challenges require all five to be correct.
Are my results saved?
Progress and records stay locally in this browser. There is no player account. Clearing this website’s browser data also removes the stored progress.
The idea behind the games
These are original game tasks, partly inspired by animal cognition research. The research notes link to the original papers and explain how our game ideas relate to them. Read the research notes.