Recalling the words in order shouldn't give extra points

[intrepidity]

(which I doubt it did anyway).

Seems to me that if one can recite the 5 test words *out* of order, that's better evidence of functional memory.

[uponit7771]

1. It doesn't, I've taken those test after cracking my head headfirst on a concrete floor. They are

... made to tell if you're just fucntioning not acuity like Trump said

[Tanuki]

2. It doesn't. He has confused the instructions for the MoCa Digit Span,

which is an attention screen and assesses rote auditory span and in which the examinee is told to repeat the numbers in the exact order, with the verbal memory test, in which the instructions say explicitly that the order in which the words are repeated is not important. The patient is not asked to repeat the digits again later in the session. In contrast, after the initial repetition of the word list, the examiner tells the subject that he or she will be asked to say the words again at the end of the test (contrary to 45's faulty recollection). This info is available to anyone who wants to Google "MoCa instructions".

[intrepidity]

3. I wish someone would point this out to him, on camera,

on TV. Any person. Woman or man.

Plus, how the words on the *actual* test are all unassociated, not "I spy" subjects.

[KentuckyWoman]

4. Even if you can blow through the test

it's like bragging you can tie shoes.

The test is designed for people with issues. Drs tend to tell the patient how wonderful they did, especially if they didn't. The fact he's been getting this test regular is the real tell here.

DJT thinks he's fine, and they probably did tell him he aced it. But he is not fine. Someone who is would not let it get out that they took this test, let alone brag about it.