Hemispatial Neglect: When Half Your World Disappears

Losing half of the world sounds like a weird, abstract dream state. But for those that develop hemispatial neglect, that’s exactly what happens, without them even realizing it.
Hosted by: Hank Green
----------
Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: / scishow
SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at www.scishowtangents.org
----------
Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever:
Kevin Bealer, KatieMarie Magnone, D.A. Noe, Charles Southerland, Eric Jensen, Christopher R Boucher, Alex Hackman, Matt Curls, Adam Brainard, Scott Satovsky Jr, Sam Buck, Avi Yashchin, Ron Kakar, Chris Peters, Kevin Carpentier, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Sam Lutfi, charles george, Greg
----------
Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet?
Facebook: / scishow
Twitter: / scishow
Tumblr: / scishow
Instagram: / thescishow
----------
Sources:
www.cogsci.ucsd.edu/~chiba/Vis...
jnnp.bmj.com/content/75/1/13
sites.google.com/site/neurobi...
• Neurophysiology of Att...
www.sciencedirect.com/science...
jnnp.bmj.com/content/75/1/13
sci-hub.se/pn.bmj.com...
www.brainline.org/article/biz...
www.nature.com/articles/srep0...
www.sciencedirect.com/science...
Image Sources:
www.istockphoto.com/vector/a-...
www.istockphoto.com/vector/ca...
www.istockphoto.com/vector/a-...
www.istockphoto.com/vector/co...
www.istockphoto.com/vector/an...
www.istockphoto.com/vector/bu...
www.istockphoto.com/photo/pia...
www.istockphoto.com/photo/hal...
www.istockphoto.com/photo/pla...
www.istockphoto.com/vector/se...
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
www.videoblocks.com/video/spi...
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...
www.istockphoto.com/vector/hu...
www.videoblocks.com/video/bla...
www.videoblocks.com/video/bus...
www.istockphoto.com/vector/bu...
www.istockphoto.com/photo/hea...
www.istockphoto.com/vector/co...
www.istockphoto.com/vector/sl...
www.istockphoto.com/vector/he...