Naming Flashcards
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The MoCA naming section is worth 3 points out of a total of 30. What percentage of the total MoCA score does naming represent?
Answer: 10%
3 out of 30 total MoCA points equals 10% of the total possible score.
Which demographic factor has been shown to influence confrontation naming performance and is accounted for in MoCA scoring?
Answer: Education level
Education level affects confrontation naming; the MoCA adds 1 bonus point for patients with 12 or fewer years of formal education to adjust for this bias.
In the standard MoCA administration sequence, which task immediately precedes the naming section?
Answer: Clock drawing
The naming task follows the visuospatial/executive section, which includes the clock drawing task.
What is 'confrontation naming' as assessed in the MoCA naming section?
Answer: Producing the correct name for a visually presented picture or object
Confrontation naming involves viewing a picture of an object and producing its specific name, testing the link between visual perception and lexical retrieval.
Which MoCA naming score would be considered within the expected range for a cognitively healthy adult?
Answer: 3 out of 3
A score of 3 out of 3 is expected for cognitively healthy adults with intact language and semantic memory.
Why are less common animals like the rhinoceros and camel chosen for the MoCA naming task rather than everyday animals?
Answer: They reduce the effect of overlearned familiarity and provide a more sensitive naming screen
Less familiar animals reduce the chance that mere habit or overexposure to the name — rather than intact naming ability — drives correct answers.
A patient with intact vision names 0 out of 3 MoCA animals but accurately describes each animal's habitat and behavior. This pattern most suggests:
Answer: Anomia with preserved semantic knowledge
The ability to describe an object's features while failing to retrieve its name indicates anomia — a specific word-retrieval failure with preserved conceptual knowledge.