Gifted Adult Test: signs of giftedness in adults

This interactive test looks at attention, rumination, mood, empathy, the body, fatigue, loneliness, rejection, curiosity, organisation, work, other people's perceptions, and readiness for change. What the test asks, for example Attention If, in the middle of a conversation, you're suddenly asked 'are you listening?' because your attention has already drifted elsewhere. If you follow a long exchange and can summarise every point, without having lost the thread, as soon as it ends. Rumination If a striking news report keeps coming back to you in the following days as a thought you can't get out of your head. If a slightly curt remark heard during the day is forgotten by the time you leave, without dwelling on it. Mood If good news makes you jump out of your chair before you've even finished reading it in full. If, in a discussion where everyone is getting worked up, you keep the same tone and the same pace. Empathy If you leave a lunch with a downcast friend, and a heaviness stays with you for the rest of the afternoon. If, when someone close to you cries in front of you, your eyes well up before theirs do. The body If a piece of music that moves you in particular gives you goosebumps from head to toe within seconds. If you work with no trouble in a noisy café under fluorescent lights for a good part of the afternoon. Fatigue If, after a while in a crowded, noisy place, what comes to mind is something like: I need to get out of here to breathe. If, after a packed day, you have dinner with people without needing a moment of quiet first. Loneliness If you can count on one hand the people you talk to in depth. If, in your team and in your club, you feel like you belong from the very first hour. Rejection If, when you talk about a subject that fascinates you, you sometimes stop before the end, without being asked to. If you've sometimes explained to someone close to you how you react in certain situations, without being asked to. Curiosity If a documentary about an unfamiliar field makes you switch the channel. If, faced with a word you don't know, what comes to mind is something like: where does it come from, and where will it take me. Organisation If you start tidying a drawer and end up reorganising the whole room. If you work through a line of reasoning from point A to point B, in order, all the way through. Work If, in a talk that goes on repeating what you already know, you end up doodling in the margin without noticing. If, in a conversation, you ask the question that challenges what everyone else seemed to already accept. Other people's perceptions If, at a gathering, before speaking up, what you tell yourself sounds like: keep that to yourself, this isn't the moment. If a chat about the weather and football is enough for you, and you feel fine in it. Readiness for change If what you've just described matters in how you function day to day. If you'd like to work better with this way of functioning, and you believe you're capable of it.