Experts say the 'cognitive test' Trump was given hardly a representation of his mental capacity
4 years, 5 months ago

Experts say the 'cognitive test' Trump was given hardly a representation of his mental capacity

Raw Story  

President Donald Trump bragged about taking a cognitive test that he said the doctors were "surprised" that he passed. The reality, however, is that the "test" was hardly a representation of what people with suspected dementia or Alzheimer's disease take. Fox News host Chris Wallace questioned Trump on the test, saying that one question even asked him to identify an elephant, which Trump didn't contradict. “You would think would understand clearly what the test result was and why the test was done,” Dr. Karlawish said, “and not turn it into a competition about mental health.” The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, or MOCA, has about 30 questions that the Times says is "meant to briefly assess memory." Trump getting a "perfect score" on the test isn't exactly reassuring as the test is so easy that only an advanced case of dementia would be discovered.

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Doctor Who Wrote ‘Goldwater Rule’ Says He Would Recommend Dementia Tests For Trump
2 months ago

Doctor Who Wrote ‘Goldwater Rule’ Says He Would Recommend Dementia Tests For Trump

Huff Post  

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport on Saturday in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Evan Vucci via Associated Press WASHINGTON ― A psychiatrist who helped craft the 1973 “Goldwater rule” that has kept many mental health professionals from opining on Donald Trump for nearly a decade said that it was not intended …

Mental health experts sound the alarm on Trump’s potential ‘cognitive decline’ as he’s ‘lost touch with reality’
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Mental health experts sound the alarm on Trump’s potential ‘cognitive decline’ as he’s ‘lost touch with reality’

The Independent  

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Trump’s rhetorical walkabouts: A sign of ‘genius’ or cognitive decline?
3 months ago

Trump’s rhetorical walkabouts: A sign of ‘genius’ or cognitive decline?

LA Times  

Indifferent to his audience? Or, instead, could former President Trump’s extended discourses demonstrate his genius — an ability, as he says, to “weave” disparate stories into a beautiful tapestry? In recent weeks, Trump has said he would deport Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, “back to Venezuela.” He said he was being supported by “the vice president’s family” — meaning relatives …

Why isn't the media reporting on Trump's increasing dementia?
4 months, 1 week ago

Why isn't the media reporting on Trump's increasing dementia?

Raw Story  

Today, Trump held an hourlong news conference in the main room at Mar-a-Lago. Here are his words: “They say that there’s so much water up north that I want to have the overflow areas go into your forests and dampen your forests, because if you dampen your forests you're not gonna have these forest fires that are burning at levels …

Is Biden competent to serve again? Here's what health experts say
5 months, 1 week ago

Is Biden competent to serve again? Here's what health experts say

Raw Story  

As Joe Biden's verbal gaffes, shaky voice and other troubling signs have brought an intense focus on the US president's mental acuity, health experts are calling on him and rival Donald Trump to pass additional cognitive tests, even while warning against leaping to conclusions. Dennis Selkoe, a neurologist at Harvard Medical School, said the fundamental issue is whether Biden is …

Biden’s medical condition is only a part of the picture.
5 months, 1 week ago

Biden’s medical condition is only a part of the picture.

Slate  

With President Joe Biden’s debate and subsequent interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on everyone’s mind, some attention has shifted to a man who might have profound insight into his overall condition and whether he remains fit to serve: White House physician Kevin O’Connor. In February, he released a routine summary of Biden’s health, which noted that he has sleep apnea, …

Should Biden take a cognitive test? Here’s what it would — and wouldn’t — tell us
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Should Biden take a cognitive test? Here’s what it would — and wouldn’t — tell us

LA Times  

A patient takes cognitive test in Columbus, Ohio. In carrying out his duties as leader of the free world, he said, “I have a cognitive test every single day.” Though the president dismissed the suggestion, medical experts said the idea of having Biden — along with his 78-year-old challenger, former President Trump — take some kind of cognitive exam had …

Evidence of Trump's growing dementia is increasing
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Evidence of Trump's growing dementia is increasing

Raw Story  

A few weeks ago, at a rally in Nevada, Trump told his followers that boat manufacturers are now required to use electric engines. They want us to make all-electric boats.” Trump then said the South Carolinian warned him “the boat is so heavy it can’t float. Also, it can’t go fast because of the weight.” Trump continued: “So I said, …

Daily Mail poll reveals number of voters who think Biden has dementia
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Daily Mail poll reveals number of voters who think Biden has dementia

Daily Mail  

Most voters believe Joe Biden 's disastrous debate performance on Thursday was not caused by a cold or too much preparation, but by dementia. At the same time, it reveals that Trump, 78, has extended his lead over 81-year-old Biden to six points, deepening the crisis facing the president's reelection campaign. 'The finding that 52% of voters think his poor …

The staggering number of voters who now say Biden MUST have dementia - as the Daily Mail's bombshell poll shows just how far Trump is now ahead
5 months, 3 weeks ago

The staggering number of voters who now say Biden MUST have dementia - as the Daily Mail's bombshell poll shows just how far Trump is now ahead

Daily Mail  

Most voters believe Joe Biden's disastrous debate performance on Thursday was not caused by a cold or too much preparation, but by dementia. Partners polled 1000 likely voters and asked them what they thought was to blame for Joe Biden's disastrous debate performance in Atlanta last week Now with Biden under intense pressure to step aside, our poll reveals how …

Trump forgets the name of his White House doctor – seconds after challenging Biden to a cognitive test
6 months ago

Trump forgets the name of his White House doctor – seconds after challenging Biden to a cognitive test

The Independent  

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Neuroscientist explains how Trump and Biden's cognitive impairments are different
6 months, 1 week ago

Neuroscientist explains how Trump and Biden's cognitive impairments are different

Raw Story  

As the 2024 presidential election nears, two senior citizens are gearing up for mental marathons that will push them to their cognitive limits. Without medically valid, robust and transparent cognitive testing — neither Biden nor Trump have agreed to such a thing — it’s impossible to really know whether the signs of cognitive impairment we are witnessing in their public …

Donald Trump mocked for forgetting his doctor's name while calling for Biden's cognitive test
6 months, 1 week ago

Donald Trump mocked for forgetting his doctor's name while calling for Biden's cognitive test

Hindustan Times  

Donald Trump, never one to shy away from taking a dig at President Joe Biden, found himself in an awkward moment when he inadvertently mixed up the name of the doctor who previously tested his cognitive abilities. The former POTUS suggested on Saturday night that Biden "should have to take a cognitive test" after a series of videos from the …

'Aced it!' Trump mocked as he forgets name of doctor who gave him dementia test
6 months, 1 week ago

'Aced it!' Trump mocked as he forgets name of doctor who gave him dementia test

Raw Story  

Donald Trump bragged again about how he “aced” a cognitive test designed to test for dementia — and then he gave the wrong name for the White House doctor who administered it. “I think he should take a cognitive test like I did,” the former president said while speaking to a convention of the right-wing group Turning Point Action in …

Trump challenges Biden to a cognitive test but confuses the name of the doctor who tested him
6 months, 1 week ago

Trump challenges Biden to a cognitive test but confuses the name of the doctor who tested him

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump on Saturday night suggested President Joe Biden “should have to take a cognitive test,” only to confuse who administered the test to him in the next sentence. The former president and presumptive Republican nominee referred to Texas Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson, who was the White House physician for part of his presidency, as “Ronny Johnson.” The …

Trump challenges Biden to cognitive test, but confuses name of doctor who tested him
6 months, 1 week ago

Trump challenges Biden to cognitive test, but confuses name of doctor who tested him

NPR  

Trump challenges Biden to cognitive test, but confuses name of doctor who tested him toggle caption Carlos Osorio/AP WASHINGTON — Donald Trump on Saturday night suggested President Joe Biden “should have to take a cognitive test," only to confuse who administered the test to him in the next sentence. The former president and presumptive Republican nominee referred to Texas Republican …

Trump challenges Biden to a cognitive test but misstates the name of doctor who tested him
6 months, 1 week ago

Trump challenges Biden to a cognitive test but misstates the name of doctor who tested him

LA Times  

Donald Trump on Saturday night suggested that President Biden “should have to take a cognitive test,” only to confuse who administered the test to him in the next sentence. The former president and presumptive Republican nominee referred to Rep. Ronny Jackson, who was the White House physician for part of his presidency, as “Ronny Johnson.” The moment came as Trump …

'Less capable in the brain' Trump mocked by elderly voters on CNN: 'How dumb was that?'
6 months, 1 week ago

'Less capable in the brain' Trump mocked by elderly voters on CNN: 'How dumb was that?'

Raw Story  

As Donald Trump turns 78 on Friday, CNN is reporting that he is losing the battle for voters close to his age who are becoming more active about keeping him out of the Oval Office as the presidential election nears. Case in point, Gussie Farris, 86, a retired school counselor from Grand Rapids, who told CNN's Jeff Zeleny that Trump's …

Column: Suggesting that Biden has dementia? ‘If ... shame still exists, I’d call it shameful’
6 months, 1 week ago

Column: Suggesting that Biden has dementia? ‘If ... shame still exists, I’d call it shameful’

LA Times  

President Biden speaks to the media at a ceremony at the Aisne-Marne American World War I Cemetery in Belleau, France. “If the concept of shame still exists, I’d call it shameful,” said Dr. Laura Mosqueda, a Keck-USC geriatrician and director of the National Center on Elder Abuse. It does a disservice to people who truly do have dementia and does …

A neuroscientist reveals how Trump and Biden's cognitive impairments are different
9 months, 1 week ago

A neuroscientist reveals how Trump and Biden's cognitive impairments are different

Raw Story  

As the 2024 presidential election nears, two senior citizens are gearing up for mental marathons that will push them to their cognitive limits. Without medically valid, robust and transparent cognitive testing — neither Biden nor Trump have agreed to such a thing — it’s impossible to really know whether the signs of cognitive impairment we are witnessing in their public …

Psychologist says Trump's latest rally 'consistent with a diagnosis of dementia'
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Psychologist says Trump's latest rally 'consistent with a diagnosis of dementia'

Raw Story  

Donald J. Trump has regularly accused his political opponent, President Joe Biden, of being cognitively impaired to the point of being unfit for the office of the White House. Trump over the weekend spoke at an event in North Carolina, where he suddenly had to pause his speech when an audience member appeared to be suffering from a heart attack …

Biden just got a physical. But a cognitive test was not part of the assessment
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden just got a physical. But a cognitive test was not part of the assessment

NPR  

Biden just got a physical. But a cognitive test was not part of the assessment Enlarge this image toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP Andrew Harnik/AP President Biden got his latest physical on Wednesday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center — an evaluation that the White House said drew on the expertise of 20 doctors but did not involve a cognitive …

'Trump appears to be showing gross signs of dementia': Expert points to new evidence
10 months ago

'Trump appears to be showing gross signs of dementia': Expert points to new evidence

Raw Story  

According to psychologist Dr. John Gartner, formerly of Johns Hopkins University Medical School, Donald Trump's slurring and inability to sometimes formulate complete sentences appears to be a sign of growing dementia and possibly early stages of Alzheimer’s. In an interview with Salon's Chauncey DeVega, Gartner bluntly stated the former president is "showing gross signs of dementia" and fellow experts are …

Verbal gaffe or sign of trouble? Mixing up names like Biden and Trump have done is pretty common
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Verbal gaffe or sign of trouble? Mixing up names like Biden and Trump have done is pretty common

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Any parent who’s ever called one of their children by the other’s name — or even the family pet’s name — likely could empathize when President Joe Biden mixed up the names of French leaders Macron and Mitterrand. “What science will tell you about flubs is that they’re perfectly normal, and they are exacerbated by stress for sure.” …

Column: Is Biden impaired? Is Trump? Experts don’t know, but the issue is here to stay
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Column: Is Biden impaired? Is Trump? Experts don’t know, but the issue is here to stay

LA Times  

There’s no escaping it now. But the issue became magnified after Thursday’s report on Biden’s handling of classified documents, in which a special counsel called the president a “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.” The Trump team pounced, with strategist Chris LaCivita telling the New York Times the special counsel report is “damning and defining.” Well, OK, but if …

Trump's latest mental decline defense undercut by creator of his cognitive test
11 months ago

Trump's latest mental decline defense undercut by creator of his cognitive test

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's attempt this week to tamp down speculation that he is suffering a precipitous mental decline suffered a blow after he, once again, boasted about passing a simple test designed to gauge the mental acuity of the elderly or stroke victims. That, however, has not stopped him from falling back on his test results now that there are renewed …

Trump furiously denies he's 'cognitively impaired' in rambling Truth Social post
1 year ago

Trump furiously denies he's 'cognitively impaired' in rambling Truth Social post

Raw Story  

Early Monday morning, Donald Trump addressed reports that his mind is slipping with a rambling defense claiming his speech blunders are part of a greater strategy. In an attempt to apparently allay such concerns, Trump took to Truth Social to boast, once again, that he recently took "a cognitive test as part of my Physical Exam, and ACED it." "Whenever …

Trump recalls his infamous mental acuity test as he challenges rivals to a new one
1 year, 3 months ago

Trump recalls his infamous mental acuity test as he challenges rivals to a new one

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Trump wrote on Truth Social on Sunday: “In a phony and probably rigged …

Trump has his own age problem — and it terrifies him
1 year, 3 months ago

Trump has his own age problem — and it terrifies him

Salon  

On Sunday night, Donald Trump threw down the gauntlet at the feet of Rupert Murdoch and his sons, Joe Biden and the "WSJ heads." And despite the fact that he's 77 years old and would be 78 when he re-assumes the presidency should he win in 2024, he seems to think that's off limits because he "aced" the Montreal Cognitive …

Trump brags about his 2020 'mental acuity test' he previously called 'hard'
1 year, 3 months ago

Trump brags about his 2020 'mental acuity test' he previously called 'hard'

Raw Story  

UPDATE: About 20 minutes after the publication of the story, Trump posted a sequel saying, "I will name the place and the test, and it will be a tough one. Donald Trump is still bragging about the so-called "mental acuity test" that he was given by now-Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson. Two years later, in April 2022, Trump was still discussing …

A neuroscientist explains why Joe Biden's cognitive health could hand Donald Trump the White House
1 year, 5 months ago

A neuroscientist explains why Joe Biden's cognitive health could hand Donald Trump the White House

Raw Story  

With age comes wisdom, experience, and unfortunately, cognitive decline. For example, in a recent speech, Biden made some perplexing statements that were quickly exploited by his critics and ideological enemies, such as, “We have plans to build a railroad from the Pacific all the way across the Indian ocean … I could go on but I’m not; I’m going off …

'They no longer call me stupid': Trump continues to brag about passing his 10-minute dementia test
2 years, 7 months ago

'They no longer call me stupid': Trump continues to brag about passing his 10-minute dementia test

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump went after President Joe Biden's mental fitness for office again in his speech before a Nebraska crowd. The reality, however, is that the "test" was hardly a representation of what people with suspected dementia or Alzheimer's disease take. "To test memory, for example, the examiner reads five words at a rate of one per second and …

'I don't like being called stupid': Trump worries about how his thinking is viewed
2 years, 8 months ago

'I don't like being called stupid': Trump worries about how his thinking is viewed

Raw Story  

Donald Trump can't stop talking about passing a dementia test being proof of his self-professed genius. At his rally on Thursday, Trump discussed a cognitive test that was giving to him by Ronnie Jackson, who was then White House doctor and is now a far-right congressman from Texas. It's called an X test," Trump said at a rally in Ohio. …

66% of voters - and 43% of Dems - believe Biden should take and release results of a cognitive test
2 years, 10 months ago

66% of voters - and 43% of Dems - believe Biden should take and release results of a cognitive test

Daily Mail  

Two-thirds of likely voters want to see Joe Biden complete the same cognitive ability test Donald Trump took when he was in office as a new poll reveals 56 percent of respondents don't think the current president is fit for office. A new poll shows that 66% of likely voters want to see President Joe Biden take a cognitive test …

Can YOU pass the cognitive test taken by former President Trump?
3 years, 5 months ago

Can YOU pass the cognitive test taken by former President Trump?

Daily Mail  

This is a copy of the sheet the examiner and patient fill out during the 10-minute test Former President Donald Trump received a perfect score on a standard cognitive assessment test, his doctor revealed in a White House briefing in January 2018. The doctor then reads five words, one per second: FACE, VELVET, CHURCH, DAISY, RED As the patient recites …

Donald Trump has been taunting Joe Biden for months. It could come to a head in the first presidential debate
4 years, 2 months ago

Donald Trump has been taunting Joe Biden for months. It could come to a head in the first presidential debate

ABC  

On a weekend where news-consuming Americans were thinking about the Supreme Court and tax policy, the two US presidential campaigns got into a minor exchange over another thing entirely. Mr Trump has long called Mr Biden "sleepy," but in recent months, he's gone harder, calling the former vice-president "senile" and often implying that he's facing age-related cognitive decline. Loading YouTube …

Biden on cognitive test: ‘Why the hell would I take a test?’
4 years, 4 months ago

Biden on cognitive test: ‘Why the hell would I take a test?’

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Joe Biden is pushing back at Republican assertions that he should take a cognitive test to disprove President Donald Trump’s claim that the Democrat isn’t fit for the Oval Office. “Well, if he can’t figure out the difference between an elephant and a lion, I don’t know what the hell he’s talking about,” Biden said, appearing to refer …

Trump insists basic cognitive test was difficult: ‘Person, woman, man, camera, TV’
4 years, 4 months ago

Trump insists basic cognitive test was difficult: ‘Person, woman, man, camera, TV’

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Speaking to Fox News medical contributor Dr Marc …

Cognitive Test. Trump. Biden. Campaign. Flashpoint.
4 years, 5 months ago

Cognitive Test. Trump. Biden. Campaign. Flashpoint.

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — It doesn’t quite have the ring of “Morning in America” and “I Like Ike.” But the phrase “Person. It’s actually not that easy, but for me, it was easy.” Trump boasted that he dazzled the doctors because he has “a good memory, because I’m cognitively there” and delivered an unsubtle accusation about Biden. “Now Joe should take that …

Trump admits to Fox News that the 'memory' questions were the hardest for him in the cognitive test
4 years, 5 months ago

Trump admits to Fox News that the 'memory' questions were the hardest for him in the cognitive test

Raw Story  

In an interview with Fox News Wednesday, President Donald Trump explained that he asked for doctors to give him the cognitive test, it wasn't suggested by them. Giving it once doesn't generally give the broad spectrum of how one's cognitive function has changed over time but asking Trump to identify an elephant seems like the baseline of mental acuity. "I …

Doctor who developed the cognitive test Trump took says questions were ‘supposed to be easy’
4 years, 5 months ago

Doctor who developed the cognitive test Trump took says questions were ‘supposed to be easy’

Raw Story  

In an interview with Fox News’ Chris Wallace that was filmed on Friday, July 17 and aired over the weekend, President Donald Trump bragged about his performance on a cognitive test and challenged former Vice President Joe Biden — the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee — to take the same test. But Trump disagreed, insisting that parts of MoCA were, in …

Why is Trump so proud of passing a dementia test?
4 years, 5 months ago

Why is Trump so proud of passing a dementia test?

LA Times  

President Donald Trump can trumpet his mental fitness all he wants, but you have to question his wisdom in setting a very low bar for Joe Biden. President Trump’s interview with Chris Wallace, which aired on “Fox News Sunday,” was remarkable in more ways than there is room to recount here. But let’s start with what should be the lead …

'His dementia is obvious': Internet mocks Trump for bragging he 'aced' a cognitive test
4 years, 5 months ago

'His dementia is obvious': Internet mocks Trump for bragging he 'aced' a cognitive test

Raw Story  

Back in November President Donald Trump was rushed to Walter Reed Medical Center. Thursday night the President admitted to Fox News' Sean Hannity that "recently" at Walter Reed he had been given a "cognitive test," and, he claimed, "aced it." Rarely does anybody do what you just did.’” As many on social media noted, acing a cognitive test is not …

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