hemispatial neglect

hemispatial neglect
failure to respond to stimuli on one side, usually opposite the side of a lesion in a cerebral hemisphere. Cf. unilateral n.

Clock drawn by a patient with hemispatial neglect, showing absence of attention to detail on the left and crowding of detail to the right.


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