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- Title
Presidential Candidates and Cognitive Impairment Measured from Behavior in Campaign Debates.
- Authors
Gottschalk, Louis A.; Uliana, Regina; Gilbert, Ronda
- Abstract
An objective measure of cognitive impairment derived from the analysis of the form and content of verbal behavior was applied to the transcripts of extemporaneous speeches given by presidential candidates during their 1980 and 1984 televised debates. One presidential candidate was demonstrated to have significantly more cognitive impairment during these debates than other presidential candidates. The screening method used to measure cognitive impairment has been demonstrated to assess nonspecific cerebral dysfunction secondary to neuropharmacological, neurochemical, or other biological factors. In addition to the general medical examinations which top political officials undergo as an informal condition for public office, periodic neuropsychiatric examinations are technically feasible, whether or not requiring them is politically possible.
- Subjects
UNITED States; CAMPAIGN debates; PRESIDENTIAL candidates; COGNITION disorders; EXTEMPORANEOUS speaking; POLITICAL oratory; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; FILIBUSTERS (Political science); DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Public Administration Review, 1988, Vol 48, Issue 2, p613
- ISSN
0033-3352
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/975762