The Montreal Cognitive Assessment is a 30-point exam meant to screen for Alzheimer's and other cognitive impairments in older adults.

A portion of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, a 10-minute test designed to detect mild cognitive impairment such as the onset of dementia. (Courtesy of MoCA) Doubts about the mental fitness of ...

A psychologist who checks business leaders and doctors for cognitive decline shared how he does it. His assessment takes about an hour, and involves a lot more than just one test. It's pretty ...

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 ...

President Biden is facing calls to undergo cognitive testing and release the results after his disastrous debate last month, and amid a series of reports about his apparent decline in recent months.

Sara Dorn is a Forbes news reporter who covers politics. President Joe Biden has refused calls to take a cognitive exam in the wake of his startling June debate performance that’s heightened concerns ...

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Biden did not take a cognitive test as a part of his annual physical exam on Feb. 28, 2024. However, presidents are not legally required to take such a test. In fact, no president has publicly ...

The “Sweet 16” proved superior to the popular Mini-Mental State Exam. The Mini-Mental State Exam, a simple tool for assessing cognitive function in older adults, compares well with and may be easier ...

A cognitive test is a required part of the Medicare annual wellness visit (AWV). This can be a valuable tool in discovering specific cognitive health conditions early, like dementia and Alzheimer’s ...

Analyzing the Mini-Cog score as a continuous variable, it was found to have a nearly linear negative correlation with POD risk: for each 1-point increase in the score, the risk of POD decreased by 23% ...