PITTSBURGH (October 23, 2019) ... Imagine struggling to see, listen, or make movements in half of your environment. This is typical for individuals who suffer from unilateral spatial neglect, a common ...

When I was a graduate student 25 years ago, I met a man I’ll call Mr. X, who had recently recovered from a stroke to the right side of his cerebral cortex. Like many people with a neurological ...

Check out the dog, Barley, in this video: YouTube link. Notice how he doesn't seem interested in the food on the left side of his bowl. Perhaps he's blind in his left eye? But that can't be the case.

Researchers determined that spatial neglect affects 29% of survivors of unilateral strokes and is more prevalent following right brain stroke and in the early stages of recovery East Hanover, NJ.

Unilateral spatial neglect, an unusual condition that causes people to ignore the left sides of their bodies may help scientists better understand stroke recovery. The condition is typically caused by ...

Spatial neglect is a behavioral syndrome occurring after brain injury. It is categorized by a failure to respond, or orient to stimuli after damage to the neural networks critical to spatial attention ...