LATERALISATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lateralisation mean? 

• LATERALISATION (noun)
  The noun LATERALISATION has 1 sense:

1. localization of function on either the right or left sides of the brain

  Familiarity information: LATERALISATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LATERALISATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Localization of function on either the right or left sides of the brain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

lateralisation; laterality; lateralization

Hypernyms ("lateralisation" is a kind of...):

localisation; localisation of function; localisation principle; localization; localization of function; localization principle ((physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body)