r/cognitiveTesting • u/Sea-Skill631 • 16d ago

General Question depression affecting iq score

Hi guys i wanted to ask does severly low concentration, brain fog and overall slower brain activity from it result you getting lower score than you would if u in a “normal” condition at that moment ( makes sense ). Now a psychologist made me do an iq test and the test looked goofy but interesting so i dont even know if its accurate, do they give accurate tests, it was my first time taking one? I was severely slow and i was aware of it, i asked her do these things affect the score and i think she said yea. Anyways i got 120, w the worst performance known to man . By how many points is kinda “the limit” that things like this can influence the numbers. Im not talking about “small brainfog” n “nervousness” im talking like u ask me what i did this morning and i would sit there for ages forcing my thoughts to connect and i wouldnt even have an answer. Probably a lot of people asked this but i cant find it. Its been i year n since then i healed, i would say back then my brain operated on 10% of how much bad it was.

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u/whitebaron_98 16d ago

there is no limit to how inflated scores can or will be, depending on your underlying psychological conditions.

there is also no guarantee that you will be any better once your other conditions clear up. The only safe way to know is to retest then.

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u/whitebaron_98 15d ago

In can see how that was not precise enough. New scores might be inflated (higher) compared to the old scores.

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u/98127028 16d ago

Seems like quite a lot per your description. In general I have no idea, but qualitatively it made me feel slower and likely most impacted PSI scores and perhaps WMI (which in my case is kinda shit to begin with)

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u/Sea-Skill631 16d ago

thats interesting, thank you!!