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ificandream

(9,373 posts) Mon Jan 29, 2024, 01:44 PM Jan 29

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CNN Doctor Trolls Trump Over 'Dementia' Boast With 1 Simple Sentence (HuffPost) [View all]

Dr. Jonathan Reiner put the former president on blast for his claim about cognitive testing.

CNN’s Dr. Jonathan Reiner isn’t buying Donald Trump’s repeated claims about acing a cognitive test.

The former president has insisted that the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) ― aka the infamous “Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.” test he took in 2020, when he was president ― was “difficult.”

Reiner stepped in with a fact-check on Sunday.

“If you think a dementia screening test is very difficult, you may have early dementia,” Reiner, who is director of cardiac catheterization laboratories at George Washington University, wrote on X:

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CNN Doctor Trolls Trump Over 'Dementia' Boast With 1 Simple Sentence (HuffPost) [View all] ificandream Jan 29 OP

Even I find a long list of words difficult ProudMNDemocrat Jan 29 #1

Here's the trick: Bernardo de La Paz Jan 29 #2

names NJCher Jan 29 #4

I was reading a few days ago that neuroscience Ilsa Jan 29 #31

Taking notes by hand involves more brainwork by the note-taker than typically happens in someone typing it up. summer_in_TX Jan 30 #32

Thank you. Your explanation clarifies the differences Ilsa Jan 30 #33

I taught dyslexic and "learning disabled" student for many years. summer_in_TX Jan 30 #35

Thank you, this discussion was very interesting Unwind Your Mind Jan 30 #44

The Art of Memory.... reACTIONary Jan 29 #27

Sounds fascinating! summer_in_TX Jan 30 #36

they arent looking for 100% recall. mopinko Jan 29 #3

Related because that was what he was seeing JoseBalow Jan 29 #11

good point. mopinko Jan 29 #19

OMG your right! newdayneeded Jan 29 #25

Exactly. nolabear Jan 29 #30

My last one last week was 3 words. Captain Zero Jan 29 #9

The cognitive test is only 3-5 words long Warpy Jan 29 #10

There are way fewer than a dozen. Ms. Toad Jan 29 #18

What about if you are just a moron? Bev54 Jan 29 #5

Funny Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 29 #6

His cognitive test was rigged by his doctor. SleeplessinSoCal Jan 29 #7

Those weren't the five words he repeated... robbob Jan 30 #34

I was part of an Alzheimer's study Mossfern Jan 29 #8

that sounds like a full neuro test, not this screening. mopinko Jan 29 #20

What you are describing is not the MOCA test Trump took. Ms. Toad Jan 29 #22

Caregiving is SO hard, and thankless. So thank you. Maru Kitteh Jan 29 #29

K&R Blue Owl Jan 29 #12

Boasting about his test scores... llmart Jan 29 #13

It doesn't end tom_kelly Jan 29 #17

That was my thought, too. dchill Jan 29 #14

The Medicare wellness test on cognition SidneyR Jan 29 #15

That's the same test Trump took. Ms. Toad Jan 29 #23

That is a very complex test, actually. nocoincidences Jan 29 #26

Not really. Ms. Toad Jan 30 #38

That's the point. nocoincidences Jan 30 #47

I predict we will someday hear SidneyR Jan 30 #42

Math is not and never has been a subject I was any good in. SidneyR Jan 30 #41

Then you'll lose 3 points, at most. Ms. Toad Jan 30 #43

OK, technically correct. SidneyR Jan 30 #45

She told me I could use my fingers phylny Jan 30 #46

No shit! The dude's brain is fried. LymphocyteLover Jan 29 #16

"Who won the 2020 Presidential Election?" Is a much simple question. If Trump a answers it wrong then he has dementia. cstanleytech Jan 29 #21

HE aced the test. Swede Jan 29 #24

Damn that's funny NJCher Jan 30 #48

Trump took a dementia test, and it was positive Kennah Jan 29 #28

Ask him who the President of the United States is. usonian Jan 30 #37

The fact that he keeps mentioning them as a major talking point shows how much he is truly bothered by them. TheBlackAdder Jan 30 #39

This 👆 Roy Rolling Jan 30 #40