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Almost 24-hours after the Montreal Cognitive Assessment test stumped CNN’s late-night dunces, Chris “Fredo” Cuomo and Don Lemon (who couldn’t correctly identify a picture of a rhino), the mental acuity test claimed yet another CNNer in OutFront host Erin Burnett. But not quite in the way you’re likely expecting.
In a Thursday interview with test developer and neurologist, Dr. Ziad Nasreddine, Burnett pressed for him to unseat President Trump’s confidence in acing his exam. Not only did Nasreddine say the test was very hard, but he also noted that people with perfect cognitive function often don’t do well on parts of the exam.
After setting the base line that the test was meant to assess whether or not someone was developing mental and neurological illnesses and for people/families with those concerns, Burnett seemed to hint at the portion of the test that stumped her colleagues and said some were calling it “a very easy test.” “Again, if you don’t have any cognition or memory issues, is it? I mean, how would you describe it,” she asked.
In noting that the test was designed to be difficult and that “it could be somewhat hard for somebody who is normal,” the Doctor didn’t give his host the answer she was hoping for, and the look on her face betrayed her intentions.
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