--- title: Can You Draw the Apple Logo From Memory? description: In a study, 85 UCLA undergraduates were asked to reproduce an Apple logo from memory. Only one was able to draw the image correctly. canonical: https://time.com/3763022/apple-logo-memory-study/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-30T08:52:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T05:31:57.397Z article:section: Health og:title: Can You Draw the Apple Logo From Memory? og:description: In one study, only 1 out of 85 participants could og:url: https://time.com/3763022/apple-logo-memory-study/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Can You Draw the Apple Logo From Memory? twitter:description: In one study, only 1 out of 85 participants could twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Can You Draw the Apple Logo From Memory? by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Mar 30, 2015 8:52 AM UTC by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Mar 30, 2015 8:52 AM UTC Corporate logos are designed to be not only [recognizable](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150327101157.htm) but also memorable. So why is it that so few people are able to accurately reproduce logos when put to the test? Researchers say it’s most likely because memories are recorded in broad strokes, while details are often forgotten, according to a new study published in the _Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology._ Over the course of the study, 85 UCLA undergraduates were asked to reproduce an Apple logo from memory. Only one was able to draw the image correctly. Here are some of the versions they came up with. Only one is correct — can you tell which one? > [](https://twitter.com/UCLAHealth/status/581882238578593792) “There was a striking discrepancy between participants’ confidence prior to drawing the logo and how well they performed on the task,” said Alan Castel, a senior author of the study. “People’s memory, even for extremely common objects, is much poorer than they believe it to be.” Try it for yourself. \[[_Science Daily_](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150327101157.htm)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3763022/apple-logo-memory-study/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3763022/apple-logo-memory-study/"},"headline":"Can You Draw the Apple Logo From Memory?","datePublished":"2015-03-30T08:52:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:31:57.397Z","description":"In one study, only 1 out of 85 participants could","url":"https://time.com/3763022/apple-logo-memory-study/","keywords":["Research","Apple","health","memory"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/research/","name":"Research"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3763022/apple-logo-memory-study/","name":"Can You Draw the Apple Logo From Memory?"}}]}] ```