Individuals with neglect fail to process stimuli on the left. A new paper uses functional imaging to show that a restricted lesion, usually caused by a stroke, may influence the network of areas associated with attention shifts.
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Abdullaev, Y., Posner, M. How the brain recovers following damage. Nat Neurosci 8, 1424–1425 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1105-1424
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