About spatial neglect

A photograph of Norwich cathedral, left half blurred and the right half in focus.
A photograph of Norwich cathedral, left half blurred and the right half in focus.

A brain injury can affect the way the brain understands, organizes and stores information about the world around us. After a brain injury, people may have problems noticing things on one side of their world, usually the side where they have lost their movement (the affected side). The name of this condition is spatial neglect or inattention.

Watch an explanatory video of spatial neglect: