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chief clinical officer MedOptions Learn about editorial process Medically reviewed by Huma Sheikh on September facebook twitter board-certified neurology specializes migraine stroke She co-founded vascular section American Headache Society Updated Print In This Article Table Contents Expand Scoring Usefulness Pros Cons Back To Top The a brief -question test that takes around minutes complete helps assess people dementia It was published group at McGill University working several years memory clinics Here look what includes how it scored interpreted can assist identifying Brianna Gilmartin evaluates different types cognitive abilities These include Orientation administrator asks you state date month year day place city Short-term delayed recall Five words are read test-taker asked repeat them they again After completing tasks person each five given cue category word belongs if not able without Executive function visuospatial ability two assessed through Trails B which requires draw line 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