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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

After a stroke survivors can have difficulties with global attention. They can't see the wood for the trees. Infographic by Bella Belbali.

Infographic about global attention deficit. It shows a lady looking at a photo of a busy street. She looks puzzled. There is a magnifier zooming in on one man in the street. The text says: in the image above, finding a friend may be ok sine isolated features can be focused on. However, someone might struggle identifying the wider scene, eg the fact he's on a street. There is more text in the right corner saying What is it? Deficits in attention are one of the most commonly observed cognitive impairments after stroke. Global attention deficits refers to an inability to attend to the global shape of an image, instead focusing on smaller details. This can hinder someone's recognition.