lateralization
noun
lat·er·al·i·za·tion
ˌla-tə-rə-lə-ˈzā-shən 
ˌla-trə-
: localization of function or activity on one side of the body in preference to the other
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The reason usually given for the right-handers-only policy is that non-right-handed people are more likely to have atypical brain lateralization of language.
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Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 17 Aug. 2019
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Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 17 Aug. 2019
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lateralization
noun
lat·er·al·iza·tion
variants
also British lateralisation
: localization of function or activity (as of verbal processes in the brain) on one side of the body in preference to the other
lateralize
transitive verb
also British lateralise
lateralized also British lateralised; lateralizing also British lateralising
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