Which visual impairment can lead to difficulties in locating objects on one side without cues?

Unilateral visual neglect is a condition often seen in individuals who have experienced a stroke or brain injury, particularly those affecting the right hemisphere of the brain. This condition manifests as a lack of awareness or attention to one side of the visual field, typically the left side in right hemisphere damage. As a result, individuals may struggle to locate objects or perform tasks that require attention to that neglected side without external cues or prompts.

In this context, the individual may not consciously perceive items or events occurring in the neglected field, leading to difficulties in spatial awareness and interaction with their environment. Rehabilitation focuses on strategies to enhance awareness of the neglected side and improve overall function.

Other visual impairments like visual agnosia, nystagmus, and strabismus do not primarily involve the inability to locate objects due to neglect. Visual agnosia is characterized by difficulty recognizing objects despite having intact vision, nystagmus involves involuntary eye movements that can affect visual stability but do not create a neglect of one side, and strabismus is a misalignment of the eyes that can affect depth perception but not specifically induce neglect as it pertains to object location.