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Definition of Lateralization
1. Noun. Localization of function on either the right or left sides of the brain.
Generic synonyms: Localisation, Localisation Of Function, Localisation Principle, Localization, Localization Of Function, Localization Principle
Derivative terms: Lateralize
Definition of Lateralization
1. Noun. Localization of a function, such as speech, to the right or left side of the brain. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lateralization
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Lateralization
1. The process whereby certain embryological asymmetries of structure (such as the right-side location of the liver and the structure of the great vessels) and function (handedness) are ordained phylogenetically, coded genetically, and realised ontogenetically. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lateralization
Literary usage of Lateralization
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diseases of the ear in childhood: By Dr. Gustav Alexander, Tr. by Arthur J by Gustav Alexander, Arthur Joseph Bedell (1914)
"In unilateral aural affections there will be lateralization of the sound to one
side. If the sound-conducting apparatus (of the external and middle ear) is ..."
2. Archives of Otology (1895)
"EARTH : The so-called lateralization in bone conduction. Lateralization in bone
conduction is either subjective, according to its perception by the examined ..."
3. Principles and Practice of Modern Otology by John Finch Barnhill, Ernest deWolfe Wales (1911)
"W indicates Weber's test, the lateralization being shown by an arrow pointing in
the appropriate direction; if there is no lateralization, ..."
4. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1905)
"The lateralization with middle ear diseases is explained by Bezold as due to
increased rigidity of the ossicles and their ligaments, which favors the ..."
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