Notably, the MoCA isn’t used routinely in general health assessments, but on occasions where concerns have been raised about someone’s cognitive health or simply due to a person’s age.
As per the Mirror, clinical psychologist previously Dr John Gartner clarified that successfully completing this straightforward test is hardly a noteworthy achievement.
“It’s only an exam we actually give if we’re suspecting someone might have cognitive decline, or sometimes we give it as part of a standard battery for people of a certain age,” he noted.
“But the point is that it’s not a test you ace, right? If you pass it, it means you don’t have gross dementia.” Dr Gartner elaborated: “It doesn’t even mean you don’t have early dementia.”
Yet even despite his scores he still mistakenly claimed he had been president three times (Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)
He explained: “It’s actually from a certain level of deterioration. So, it’s not an accomplishment to be able to draw a clock or pick out which animal is the lion, or to repeat three numbers; that’s really not a huge accomplishment. It’s only a warning sign if you can’t do it.”
Speculation has been rife about the President’s cognitive abilities in recent weeks, particularly after he mistakenly mixed up Ukraine and Iran in a recent speech. To make matters worse, even his own defence secretary Pete Hesgeth dodged answering a question from congress about whether or not he believed the President was in good enough health to serve, a question he declined to answer.
“Do you believe the the president is mentally stable enough to be the commander-in-chief?” California Democrat Sara Jacobs asked the defense secretary during his appearance before the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday.
Hesgeth declined to answer, instead pointing the finger at Joe Biden and asking whether the former president had ever been subject to the same scrutiny.
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