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[–] Numenor@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What's funny is the only meaningful reason to administer multiple cognitive tests over this time period is to systematically track changes in cognitive performance over time.

Why would a doctor need to monitor this? Because observing changes across repeated assessments helps determine whether cognitive function is stable, improving, or declining, and whether any intervention, treatment, or further investigation is warranted.

Repeated cognitive tests should not be interpreted as proof that Trump has great cognitive performance. What they usually mean is that a doctor is paying closer attention and keeping an eye on things over time, because they have identified some uncertainty, risk factor, or possible concern that they want to monitor, and not because everything is obviously fine, no issues, nothing to see here folks.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 22 hours ago

Yeah, exactly. If you have a cognitive test and everything is as expected, they're not going to schedule another one just for fun. And, while you could have a second one to show that things are improving... improving from what? What cognitive impairment was there where he was expected to show improvement? There's no way to spin having multiple cognitive tests as a good thing, regardless of how he performed on them.