adjective
- processed or controlled primarily by one side of the brain rather than both sides equally
Usage: neuroscience; psychology
Examples
- Language functions are highly lateralized in most people, with the left hemisphere dominant for speech.
- The patient showed lateralized brain activity during the cognitive tasks.
- Researchers studied how certain skills become lateralized during development.
- The stroke affected lateralized motor functions on the right side of her body.
- Brain imaging revealed lateralized processing of visual information.
- Some cognitive abilities are more lateralized than others.