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Spatial Path animates a route across a grid and then asks you to trace it from memory. It is the Corsi block-tapping task, a standard measure of visuospatial working memory used since the early 1970s, presented as a path rather than a set of taps.
Watch the path animate across the grid.
The path disappears.
Trace it in the same order from memory.
Correct traces lengthen the next path.
Your span is the longest path you reproduced.
Choose a 4 × 4, 5 × 5 or 6 × 6 grid. Round one shows a path of three cells, one every 0.5 seconds (0.4 on the larger grids); each round shows a brand-new path one step longer.
Tap the cells in the same order. One wrong cell ends the run; your score is the round reached, saved as your best in this browser.
Visuospatial working memory — the spatial counterpart to digit span. The two capacities are related but distinct, and many people are noticeably better at one. More spatial games to try next: Tangram Builder and Spin Match. Every game in this family is on the spatial reasoning games page.
Spatial Path is a route-memory version of the Corsi block-tapping task: a sequence of positions is shown and must be repeated in order. Each step here moves to a neighbouring cell, so the sequence forms a connected path — closer to remembering a route than a scatter of points.
Paths are easier to hold than random sequences because the shape can be remembered as a whole, the same chunking advantage seen with digits. Corsi norms put typical adult span around five to six positions for random sequences; people usually beat that on connected paths.
Encode the path as a shape, not as a list of cells. A zigzag is one memory; six cells are six.
Use the grid edges as anchors.
Trace with your finger while watching if you can. Motor encoding adds a second route.
Chunk into two or three segments and rehearse each as a unit.
A standard visuospatial span task in which a sequence of blocks is tapped and the participant reproduces it. It is the spatial analogue of digit span.
They correlate but not strongly. Spatial spans are typically reported as slightly shorter, and individual differences are large.
Yes — adding a motor component genuinely improves recall on spatial sequences.
Escape Route adds time pressure and a maze. This is the clean span measure.