![]() ![]() ![]() These make a huge difference in proper administration. How many times has given it, but also whether he received any supervised training in its use. I’ve seen it, and seen it passed off as sufficient. ![]() Yeah, and he could have decided to ‘omit unnecessary subtests’. It would be like a clinical psychologist changing some of the true -false questions on the MMPI which has been researched with thousands of subjects. However, as a non-expert I think that to do so would probably invalidate the results since all the research was done with the specific test items. * Changing the items on the MoCA, while easy to do for the examiner, would have made it much more difficult to cheat successfully (assuming the patient goal is to get a good score). I couldn’t post this story on Daily Kos because I had already posted my one-a-day limit piece, on Stage Two of the Duty to Warn therapists efforts to remove Trump (which hardly anybody commented on). Of course, it is possible Trump was concerned about the possibility he might actually be suffering cognitive decline and gone into the test with no prior knowledge. In this case we have evidence that his cognition isn’t as impaired as has been suggested by some observers.Īs I watched the press conference I kept hoping a reporter, any reporter but especially Sanjay Gupta, would ask the simple question “if a patient practiced the test in advance would the results still be valid?” I grew so frustrated it was one of those “yell at the TV moments.” Then I Tweeted out my question to everyone I would think of on MSNBC. I would have suggested Trump get a couple of questions wrong to avoid suspicion, but of course he would ignore this advice wanting to brag about getting 30 out of 30 right. I would have the president practice both tests, hoping he’d be given the MoCA because the examiner is allowed the flexibility to customize some of the questions on the MMSE (the naming objects questions for example).Īssuming that the doctor didn’t customize the MoCA,* Trump could have taken the test repeatedly until he could answer all the questions. The MoCA is one of two commonly used tests, the other being the Mini–Mental State Examination (MMSE). Then I would check online to determine which were the most likely tests would be used. If I was a Trump advisor and wanted to help him put aside the rampant speculation about his being in the early stages of dementia, I would have suggested has ask to be tested during his physical. They have in effect become the haiku of the 2020 campaign.If Trump, or any patient, had a copy of the test like the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Test (MoCA) in advance and practiced taking it, I do not think the results would be valid. ![]() TV.” emblazoned on them were quickly offered for sale. T-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies and other clothing with “Person. A group of anti-Trump Republicans instantly produced an online ad mocking the president. TV.”Ĭable television played the president’s performance on a virtual loop on Thursday, and those five words trended online. To demonstrate just how hard he said the test really was, he went on television to recite, over and over, the words that he had been asked to remember in the right order: “Person. Trump drew new ridicule this week when he declared it nothing short of “amazing” that he did so well on a test that, among other things, required him to identify an elephant. Rather than dispensing with the issue, Mr. And then there is President Trump, who is boasting about his dementia test.Įven for a president who has rewritten the political rule book so many times before, the spectacle of a commander in chief repeatedly touting his performance on a cognitive examination to prove that he has not lost a step paves new ground in the history of campaigns for the highest office in the land. WASHINGTON - Presidents and those who would be president often boast of their qualifications - their education, their experience, their achievements. ![]()
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