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Can you detect dementia early with the MoCA test?

Medically reviewed by Huma Sheikh, MD Key Takeaways The MoCA test is a 10-minute exam used to find early signs of dementia. ...
MedPage Today on MSN

What Trump's cognitive tests can -- and can't -- reveal

Trump's first presidential cognitive assessment was in 2018, when he took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) -- a brief 30-point cognitive screening tool designed to detect mild cognitive ...

Trump got a perfect score on a screening test for dementia and Alzheimer's — here's what that means

The Montreal Cognitive Assessment is a 30-point exam meant to screen for Alzheimer's and other cognitive impairments in older adults.
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Cognitive Tests Are Good. The Way Trump Talks About Them Is Bad.

Trump gets a lot of things wrong when he talks about cognitive tests. He recently bragged to journalists that he “aced” one, and said the doctors at Walter Reed told him no president had taken a ...

Take the 10-minute mental test Trump's doctor said he scored 100% on

The president's physician says he scored a perfect 30/30 on a 10-minute dementia test called the Montreal Cognitive Assessment.