After Trump aced cognitive test, doctor who wrote it says it’s being misused

Enlarge / Former White House Physician Rear Admiral Dr. Ronny Jackson and a "very stable genius" in Bethesda, Maryland, January 12, 2018. (credit: Getty | Saul Loeb)

The doctor who created the 30-question test for early signs of dementia that Trump famously aced last year says the screening assessment is being misused, according to a report by Kaiser Health News.

Dr. Ziad Nasreddine, the neurologist who wrote the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), grew concerned after reviewing hundreds of test results. A closer look at individual patients' scores suggested that some were wildly off, even calling into question some scores of a perfect 30, like the one Trump earned.

"I've seen so much variability, which might make us reconsider some of the decisions made based on the MoCA score," Nasreddine told KHN. He declined to speculate specifically on Trump's scoring.

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