cancel2 2022
Canceled
Wow, looks like Daesh has competition as the Wiki Witch of the West.Correct; he was given a mini exam used to quickly determine if someone is in the early stages of dementia, when outward appearances aren't a clue. It does not look for things like mental illnesses like depression, bipolar disorder, narcissism, schizophrenia, etc.
"The MoCA test is a one-page 30-point test administered in approximately 10 minutes. The test and administration instructions are available for clinicians online. The test is available in 55 languages and dialects. There are alternate forms designed for use in longitudinal settings. There is also a basic form to test illiterate subjects or those with lower education.
In this clock drawing task, the subject is asked to draw a clock with the hours and showing the time 2:30. Successive results show a deterioration of pattern processing ability in a subject as they progress from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to severe Alzheimer's disease (AD).
The MoCA assesses several cognitive domains:
The short-term memory recall task (5 points) involves two learning trials of five nouns and delayed recall after approximately 5 minutes.
Visuospatial abilities are assessed using a clock-drawing task (3 points) and a three-dimensional cube copy (1 point).
Multiple aspects of executive functions are assessed using an alternation task adapted from the trail-making B task (1 point), a phonemic fluency task (1 point), and a two-item verbal abstraction task (2 points).
Attention, concentration, and working memory are evaluated using a sustained attention task (target detection using tapping; 1 point), a serial subtraction task (3 points), and digits forward and backward (1 point each).
Language is assessed using a three-item confrontation naming task with low-familiarity animals (lion, camel, rhinoceros; 3 points), repetition of two syntactically complex sentences (2 points), and the aforementioned fluency task.
Finally, orientation to time and place is evaluated by asking the subject for the date and the city in which the test is occurring (6 points)."
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Cognitive_Assessment )
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of the trios-z...what a shame...they really get all super duper excited,though, don't they?