Laterisations

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The process of becoming one-sided or developing a preference for one side of the body or brain; the act of shifting functions or activities to a dominant side; a biological or psychological tendency toward asymmetry in use or structure
2. The phenomenon in which functions or activities are assigned predominantly to one side of the body or brain; the development of sidedness in behavior or anatomy; a natural or acquired movement toward unilateral dominance
3. A condition involving the allocation of control or activity to either the left or right side; the emergence of a primary side preference in physical or mental tasks; the establishment of asymmetrical function or structure in an organism or system

Etymology: "Laterisations" is the plural of "laterisation," the British spelling of "lateralisation," a noun for the process by which a body or brain function comes to favour one side. The root is the Latin "lateralis," meaning "of the side," from "latus" (side, flank), and the "-ation" ending turns the adjective into a noun for a process.

Synonyms: lateralizations, side dominance, hemispheric specialization

Antonyms: symmetrization, bilateralism