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Study: Even minor strokes can diminish neural processing in the brain After Julia had a minor stroke, she was thankful for receiving rapid treatment and recovering well. But she did notice an unexpected aftereffect as she returned to normal activities. In meetings at work, she was unable to follow the back and forth among attendees. And when she was asked for her own opinions, she found she hadn't grasped well enough what had been discussed to participate. At home, if she was working on a task like cooking dinner, she realized she couldn't easily carry on a conversation with her husband.

 E-Mail IMAGE: Overlay plots of cerebral activation time courses corresponding to each of the predefined areas of interest highlighted in green (created by combining aparc labels as described in our Methods section):... view more  Credit: Marsh et al. After Julia had a minor stroke, she was thankful for receiving rapid treatment and recovering well. But she did notice an unexpected aftereffect as she returned to normal activities. In meetings at work, she was unable to follow the back and forth among attendees. And when she was asked for her own opinions, she found she hadn't graspe...