Right. My mom failed this test by missing one word during the doctor’s evaluation when I petitioned to become her guardian. I actually wasn’t sure the doctor would deem her to be incapacitated, because although she has a LOT of physical and speech limitations, she can still follow a conversation and remembers facts about her life. It was eye opening when the doctor asked her to say the months backwards from December to January … she slowly got to September, got confused, went from September to December, then said “did I do it?”
The five word memory test makes me think of my husband doing a craft with my daughter the other night where she periodically had to remember a pattern sequence of different fabric squares - floral, birds, polka dot, blue and purple. She remembered the sequence after 5-10 minutes each time. We were so impressed!
Sure man. Difficult to describe like it's less of a song and more like how the alphabet song is a song.
(say these months with a short break between them) January, February, March.... (quickly say the next ones with no break) April, May, June, July..... (say the next like you did the first three) August September, October, November, December. The twelve months of the year.
I have a very visual imagination, and for exercises like this, I picture a calendar in my mind, like the typical one that shows the months in a 3x4 fashion. Then I just read it.
Or when you gotta recite the letters backwards, I imagine all of them in sequence, in a row, and then I just "scroll back" while reciting them.
Gotta play to your mind's strengths! Find out what is it, and it'll be much easier.
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u/_ALH_ 15d ago
It's a cognitive test which if you fail is an indicator of alzheimers... Anyone who doesn't have actual brain damage is expected to "ace" it...