title: Errors on the MoCA's animal-naming: findings from Parkinson's disease patients.
abstract: We read the findings by Cecato et al. (2016) with great interest. In their study, naming the rhinoceros discriminated between patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) but not healthy controls (HC). Of note, HC participants were significantly younger than aMCI and AD patients. All participants were administered the original version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) instrument.
authors.affiliation: New Zealand Brain Research Institute and Canterbury District Health Board,Christchurch,New Zealand.
authors.forename: Yassar
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-2519-3593
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Alamri
authors.affiliation: New Zealand Brain Research Institute and University of Otago,Christchurch,New Zealand.
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.affiliation: New Zealand Brain Research Institute and University of Canterbury,Christchurch,New Zealand.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dalrymple-Alford
authors.affiliation: New Zealand Brain Research Institute and University of Otago,Christchurch,New Zealand.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Macaskill
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease; D000818:Animals; D060825:Cognitive Dysfunction; D006801:Humans; D000073216:Mental Status and Dementia Tests; D010300:Parkinson Disease