Delayed Recall Flashcards
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A patient scores 4/10 on MoCA Delayed Recall. What does this suggest about their cuing response?
Answer: They recalled 2 words spontaneously with no additional cued recall
A score of 4 equals two spontaneous recalls × 2 points each, suggesting significant free recall difficulty despite other cuing attempts.
Which cuing condition in MoCA Delayed Recall does NOT contribute to the scored points but is recorded for clinical purposes?
Answer: Multiple-choice (recognition) recall
Multiple-choice recognition performance is recorded to aid differential diagnosis but earns 0 points toward the Delayed Recall score.
What cognitive process does the category cue condition in MoCA Delayed Recall specifically help isolate?
Answer: Encoding failure versus retrieval failure
If a patient recalls a word after a category cue but not spontaneously, this suggests a retrieval deficit rather than an encoding failure, since the memory trace is accessible with support.
How does education level affect the interpretation of MoCA Delayed Recall scores?
Answer: One bonus point is added for patients with 12 or fewer years of education
The MoCA adds 1 point to the total score for patients who have 12 or fewer years of formal education, which affects all domain scores including Delayed Recall's contribution.
In the context of MoCA administration, what is an 'intrusion error' during Delayed Recall?
Answer: Reporting a word that was never on the original list
An intrusion error occurs when the patient reports a word not included in the original five-word list, potentially indicating confabulation or poor memory monitoring.
Which brain region is most critically linked to successful MoCA Delayed Recall performance?
Answer: Hippocampus and medial temporal lobe
The hippocampus and surrounding medial temporal lobe structures are essential for consolidating and retrieving episodic memories tested by delayed recall.
A clinician notes that a patient failed spontaneous recall but successfully recognized all 5 words in multiple-choice. What is the most likely interpretation?
Answer: Retrieval deficit with intact storage, possibly suggesting subcortical or frontal involvement
Intact recognition with impaired free recall suggests the memory trace was stored but retrieval mechanisms are compromised, a pattern more consistent with subcortical or frontal dysfunction than hippocampal damage.