Star cancellation task from the behavioural inattention test Star cancellation task from the behavioural inattention test.27 Patients are asked to find and mark all the small stars without marking the large stars or letters. Star cancellation task from the behavioural inattention test.27 Patients are asked to find and mark all the small stars without marking the large stars or letters. Patients with severe neglect find targets only at the ipsilesional side of the array, even when they have unlimited time to complete the task. Patients with less severe neglect still tend to start on the right side of the array but may miss only a small number of contralesional targets. Korina Li, and Paresh A Malhotra Pract Neurol 2015;15:333-339 ©2015 by BMJ Publishing Group Ltd