What are some signs or symptoms of right hemisphere brain damage?
Cognitive-communication problems that can occur from right hemisphere damage include difficulty with the following: • attention • left-side neglect • memory • organization • orientation • problem solving • reasoning • social communication (Pragmatics) Attention: difficulty concentrating on a task and paying attention for more than a few minutes at a time. Doing more than one thing at a time may be difficult or impossible. Left-side neglect: a form of attention deficit. Essentially, the individual no longer acknowledges the left side of his/her body or space. These individuals will not brush the left side of their hair, for example, or eat food on the left side of their plate, as they do not see them or look for them. Reading is also affected as the individual does not read the words on the left side of the page, starting only from the middle. Memory: problems remembering information, such as street names or important dates, and learning new information easily. Orientation: difficulty r
