/* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:Standaardtabel; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:”"; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”;} We are aware of our surroundings and of ourselves. Some brain structures are essential for consciousness, like the cerebral cortex and the thalamus, where the information from our senses is collected. After a stroke on the right side of the brain, both self-awareness and awareness of the surroundings may be partially impaired. The patient may not be aware of being paralysed on the left side and may ignore everything on the left, both in the surroundings and of his own body. This condition is known as “Neglect”.If you approach the patient’s bed from the left, you will not be seen, even though the patient can turn his head and could see you. If this patient reads a newspaper, he only looks at the right-hand pages, and he only draws the right-hand side of objects like a clock, a cat or a flower. Only the right-hand side of their dinner is eaten. If you turn the plate through 180 degrees, then they eat the other half.

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