Folstein Registration 2

Question 1

Which MMSE section directly precedes the recall section?

Accepted Answer

Attention and calculation

Answer

The attention and calculation section follows registration and precedes recall, acting as an interference task.

Question 2

What type of words are traditionally used in the MMSE registration task?

Accepted Answer

Unrelated common nouns

Answer

Three semantically unrelated common nouns (e.g., apple, penny, table) are used to prevent clustering strategies.

Question 3

Approximately how long after registration are patients asked to recall the words?

Accepted Answer

After several minutes of other tasks

Answer

Recall is tested after the attention/calculation section, which introduces several minutes of intervening tasks.

Question 4

What does a registration score of 0 indicate?

Accepted Answer

The patient learned none of the three words

Answer

A registration score of 0 means the patient was unable to repeat any of the three presented words correctly.

Question 5

Registration on the MMSE primarily tests which memory system?

Accepted Answer

Working memory / immediate recall

Answer

Registration relies on working memory and immediate recall, reflecting the initial encoding of information.

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