What Is Visual Inattention?

Visual inattention is a common condition associated with stroke. Also known as 'unilateral spatial neglect', or more simply as 'neglect', it presents as a difficulty in detecting or acting upon information on one side of space.

What is the difference between inattention and neglect?

Inattention is a lesser form of neglect. With inattention, something may draw your visual attention to the table if the pop-out effect was significant enough.

How do you treat visual inattention?

The Treatment: Visual Scanning Therapy

Visual scanning therapy (VST) aims to improve visual scanning behavior by encouraging patients with neglect to actively and consciously pay attention to stimuli on the affected side, usually by starting just a few degrees past midline, and going out from there.