TV," Trump recited in an interview with Fox TV on Wednesday. Trump has been boasting specifically about the five-word memory challenge, saying it proves he has the "mental stamina" to lead the U.S. "Later on we asked them, after five to 10 minutes, what those five words were to help assess short-term memory," Nasreddine said. In one of the more difficult tasks, Nasreddine said the person will be given five words to remember at the beginning of the exam, and will then be asked to recall them at another point in the test. The test-taker might also be asked to explain the similarities between two objects, or may be asked to identify various animals. "It works by asking the patient different questions and each question or task that the patient has to do is related to a different neuroanatomical area in the brain," Nasreddine said.īy going through 30 different questions, Nasreddine explained that doctors are scanning the brain to evaluate its ability to make decisions, remember, concentrate and learn new things.įor example, Nasreddine said the test-taker may be asked to draw an analog clock, including the numerals for each hour, and to then draw the minute and hour hands set to a specific time. The MoCA test includes various questions that are meant to assess a person’s brain function. So maybe that is why he's saying that he 'aced it' because he got a perfect score on it," Nasreddine said. "Only 10 per cent of normal individuals get 30 out of 30, most of them get 27. However, Nasreddine admitted that not everyone gets a perfect score. When got 30 out of 30 on the test, it's still considered to be normal performance," Nasreddine said in a phone interview on Thursday. "The average score for normal individuals is 27, the cut off for normal is 26 so anything above 26 is considered normal. Ziad Nasreddine, who developed the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in the early 1990s, told CTVNews.ca that the 30-question test is used as a screening tool to identify cognitive dysfunction, including early signs of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. president's results are "normal performance," adding that the assessment is not an intelligence or an IQ test.ĭr. The Canadian doctor behind the cognitive test Donald Trump recently took says the U.S.
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