verb
- present participle of lateralize: to localize a function or process to one side of the brain or body
Usage: medical; neuroscience
Examples
- The brain is lateralizing language functions to the left hemisphere during development.
- Researchers studied how the brain is lateralizing different cognitive processes.
- The patient showed signs of lateralizing motor control after the stroke.
- Scientists observed the brain lateralizing speech production in most right-handed individuals.
- The study examined how children’s brains are lateralizing mathematical abilities.
- MRI scans revealed the brain lateralizing visual processing to specific regions.