Right hemisphere damage refers to injury to the right side of the brain's cerebral cortex, most often caused by stroke, traumatic injury, or other neurological disease. Because the right hemisphere contributes substantially to attention, spatial awareness, perception, and many aspects of nonverbal and emotional comm…
Right hemisphere damage refers to injury to the right side of the brain's cerebral cortex, most often caused by stroke, traumatic injury, or other neurological disease. Because the right hemisphere contributes substantially to attention, spatial awareness, perception, and many aspects of nonverbal and emotional communication, damage to this region can produce a distinctive set of difficulties. These may include spatial neglect, impaired recognition of faces or emotional expressions, problems interpreting tone, context, and figurative language, and changes in attention, judgment, and self-awareness, even when basic language abilities remain relatively intact. Understanding right hemisphere damage is important for accurate diagnosis and for designing rehabilitation that targets these often-overlooked cognitive and communicative deficits. Within the scope of Neurological Research and Therapy, this topic connects to the broader study of how localized brain injury alters cognition and behavior and how affected functions can be assessed and rehabilitated. This page brings together peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to neurological injury and recovery, supporting study of the mechanisms, consequences, and therapeutic approaches associated with damage to the brain and its effects on cognition, perception, and communication.
2 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
The 2 articles above have been cited 4 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.
A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Right Hemisphere Damage, linking to each citing work.