Harvard Mouse Game to guess your age, is it accurate?

**warc** · 2013-04-22 20:19

guessed 30, actually 24. I'm pretty sick atm so probably affected my results a bit.

**jmc** · 2013-04-22 20:25

Tried it with a touchpad, said I was 56.

...... i'm 26.

**Cjskater** · 2013-04-22 20:30

Our best guess is that you are 26. Is it close?

24

**Darkdoom** · 2013-04-22 20:52

28 and I'm 19, no breaks. Yeah, wish it showed more information about what gets taken into account.

**Reality** · 2013-04-22 20:53

Originally Posted by Ksandra

It guessed me as 30, and I'm 33. :D

same, i'm 33 and it said 30

**Binkie** · 2013-04-22 23:58

48... i'm 28. Sat up in my chair and tried again, 34. -_-'

**Silenka** · 2013-04-23 00:36

It guessed 29, I'm 27 (no breaks). I am pretty tired (blurry vision type) right now so maybe that affected it somewhat.

**Harajuku** · 2013-04-23 01:08

Guessed 27. I'm 25.

**The Stig** · 2013-04-23 03:07

Originally Posted by jmc

Tried it with a touchpad, said I was 56.

...... i'm 26.

Assuming you're like me with the touchpad (you mean the laptop mouse pad right?) then 56 seems pretty accurate, in a sense that you'll be constantly moving your finger (depending on sensitive) just like how an old person moves a mouse sometimes (i've observed this from some users here where I work: the old ones constantly move their mouse off the pad then pick it up and adjust it and move it off again, just to move the cursor a little bit ...)

Seems to mimic that, but that's only all assuming.

I guess I'm just curious just because it says harvard. I want to prove them wrong. Or something. lol

**Boyiee** · 2013-04-23 03:18

It guessed 35, I'm 25.

Making the screen as big as possible like it said to do was a mistake. I use a 2560x1600 monitor with high sensitivity mouse, and it made it much more difficult than if the window were smaller. It barely took up any screen space. The tinier dots were the easiest/fastest for me to get, if that makes any sense. I took very short breaks if any at all, since at that resolution, I couldn't see the take a break thing till the 4th rotation.

**hey** · 2013-04-23 03:58

Tried again, since i was tired and my hand kind of hurt last time. I got 28 again...

Strange.

I took very short breaks if any at all, since at that resolution, I couldn't see the take a break thing till the 4th rotation.

Yeah, i never even saw it at all the first time, and only once the second, but by the time i did, i was already clicking on the next. It was wayyy off to the side of the dots.

**Aksannyi** · 2013-04-23 04:30

It guessed I am 29, and I am 32.

I did mention that I have a sprained thumb which is affecting my right (mouse) hand, not sure if that affected anything.

**hey** · 2013-04-23 05:00

Originally Posted by Aksannyi

It guessed I am 29, and I am 32.

I did mention that I have a sprained thumb which is affecting my right (mouse) hand, not sure if that affected anything.

The questions are just for collecting data, it doesn't change the age it guesses.

**Gulkeeva** · 2013-04-23 08:27

Originally Posted by Boyiee

It guessed 35, I'm 25.

Making the screen as big as possible like it said to do was a mistake. I use a 2560x1600 monitor with high sensitivity mouse, and it made it much more difficult than if the window were smaller. It barely took up any screen space. The tinier dots were the easiest/fastest for me to get, if that makes any sense. I took very short breaks if any at all, since at that resolution, I couldn't see the take a break thing till the 4th rotation.

haha yeah a big screen size, kinda makes it rough, also I took no breaks, last thing I read was "do the thing as fast as possible"... never saw a notice about breaks, I thought the only break was at the very start...

**Niya** · 2013-04-23 11:55

First try on laptop with mouse: guessed 4 years too old
Second try on PC with trackball: guessed 2 years too old

Seems i'm a bit too "shaky" with cursor precision xD

**Salodin** · 2013-04-23 12:51

I'm 25 years old. It guessed I was 33.

Don't know how I feel about this atm...

**Tyche** · 2013-04-23 13:18

Guessed 30, I'm 29

**Iono** · 2013-04-23 15:23

Guessed 38, I'm 33. Webpage delayed a lot starting up and finishing it. Dunno if that portion matters, it wasn't on the dots themselves.

**Scythiroth** · 2013-04-23 16:28

Link seems to be broke now? =( Wanted to link it to some friends.

Yesterday when I did it, I got 26 and 29 (I'm 27).

edit: Nevermind, I guess it was just down temporarily/under maintenance.

**Salodin** · 2013-04-23 17:04

I think it's getting spammed. I had to reload a few times to get it to work.

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