[ MIND ]
MEM: Memory is your Dual-N-Back score for a standardized DnB of 100 rounds on 3-back, plus your score on a rote memorization test similar to the ones used in the POST exam; 50 possible points each for 100 total.
INT: Intelligence is your score on a game theory test we issue plus your score on a series of randomnly generated knights-and-knaves logic puzzles; 50 possible points each for 100 total.
CHA: Charisma is determined by your score on a reading comprehension test plus your score from three rounds of A Convincing Game. 50 possible points each for 100 total. If we find an easy and highly reliable way to measure temperament, we will also include that.
[ BODY ]
VIT: Vitality is 200 minus your age, minus your BMI, minus half your resting heart rate (an estimate of stamina), divided by 1.5, for 100 possible points total. This is an incredibly acurate way to measure bodily health. We will change age to cellular age based on senescence in the future when that becomes easier to measure.
STR: Strength is the number of pushups you can do in 1 minute, plus the number of squats you can do in 1 minute, plus the number of sit-ups you can do in 1 minute, plus triple the number of pull-ups you can do in 30 seconds, divided by 2.5 (tentative value), for a possible total of 100. We use a calesthenic metric rather than a weight-rack metric so that strength is a score relative to your own body size, what we might even call functional strength. The greatest limiting factor to this strength stat is lactic acid buildup.
DEX: Dexterity is a combination of flexibility, motor-reflex, and balance metrics. Flexibility is measured by whether you can do the splits, bridge, flattened butterfly (or both legs behind your head), touching hands behind your back (one over your shoulder), and have >90 degree rotation of your neck and back in all cardinal directions; six points each for 30 total. That number is added to your score from this motor-skills test (40 total). Lastly you add half your vestibular sense (balance) score by measuring how long you can walk on a straight narrow line before falling off of it (60 seconds max for 60/2 points total), for a possible total dex score of 100.
As an example, your stats could look something like this:
MEM: 76 INT: 82 CHA: 71 VIT: 86 STR: 77.8 DEX: 63
The average score is 76 and all of these can improve or degrade over time.We track buffs and debuffs too. Debuffs are usually medical conditions (e.g., heart problems or nutrient deficiencies) but things like bad sleep (or no sleep) also count. Buffs are things like multivitiamins, cognition enhancing nootropics, and similar ingestibles. De/buffs are all considered temporary and conditional.