lateralized
Shifted to one side
Lateralized describes functions or processes that are concentrated on one side of the brain or body rather than distributed equally between both.
In neuroscience, language is often lateralized to the left hemisphere: Brain scans showed strongly lateralized activity during the speech task.
The term appears in discussions of handedness, brain injury recovery, and cognitive development.
Of a half-sphere
- brainSeat of cognition
- cerebralRelating to intellect
- cortexOrgan's external tissue
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
asymmetry · cognition · neural · lobes · neurology · handedness · specialization · functional
Departed or portside
- rightMorally proper or entitled
- sidedSupported one party
- contralateralOn the body's other side
- ipsilateralOn the same side
midline · asymmetric · skewed · biased · oriented · shifted · localized · focal
hemispheric
Of a half-sphere
dominance · asymmetry · cognition · neural · lobes · neurology · handedness · specialization · functional · processing
left
Departed or portside
- rightMorally proper or entitled
- sidedSupported one party
- contralateralOn the body's other side
ipsilateral · midline · asymmetric · skewed · biased · oriented · shifted · localized · focal · one-sided
lateralizedbilateral
Involving two parties
diffuse · distributed · generalized · unspecialized · holistic
lateralizedsymmetric
Equal on both sides
symmetrical · bilateral · centralized · midline · medial
- brain lateralizationFunctional division between hemispheres