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Igel

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6. And yet what's being claimed

Reply to atreides1 (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 01:25 PM

Jan 2018

isn't "subtle cognitive decline."

"It doesn't show subtle cognitive decline" is being taken to mean "it overlooks moderate to moderately-severe dementia".

There are ways of testing for various kinds of dementia years before the first symptoms become obvious, but they're complicated, not always accurate, and, again, test for dementia years before the first symptoms become obvious. In other words, they help explain some small, almost trivial changes. Not the huge deviances from acceptability with Trump.

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Can a test for dementia discover a pathology like malignant narcissism? [View all] kentuck Jan 2018 OP

No. And for that matter MOCA can miss early stages of dementia, according to what I read highplainsdem Jan 2018 #1

No; and Dr. Howard Dean all but said that on Lawrence O'Donnell's show last night! Chasstev365 Jan 2018 #2

Not a definitive assessment of cognitive functions atreides1 Jan 2018 #3

And yet what's being claimed Igel Jan 2018 #6

I can't imagine it would get the red out Jan 2018 #4

In the old days they would gut the beast and read the entrails Orrex Jan 2018 #5