Hemispatial Neglect

Tips from survivors: “I remind myself to look left—otherwise I miss half the world.”

A lack of awareness of one side of space or the body, most often the left side.

Ignoring objects, people, or even one side of your own body; eating food from only one side of the plate; bumping into things on one side.

Stroke affects the brain’s spatial awareness networks, usually in the right parietal lobe.

Fairly common in right-hemisphere strokes.

Visual scanning training, occupational therapy, using cues (like bright markers), and structured routines.

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