lateralisation

• Substantivo que designa a especialização de determinadas funções cognitivas ou neurais em um dos hemisférios cerebrais, geralmente o esquerdo ou o direito.

A noun referring to the specialization of certain cognitive or neural functions in one hemisphere of the brain, typically the left or right side.

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1. Brain function specializationC1formalscientific

   The tendency for certain cognitive functions or processes to be more dominant in one hemisphere of the brain than the other.

   Lateralização

   • Lateralisation of language functions is typically observed in the left hemisphere.
   • Studies on lateralisation help understand how the brain processes different tasks.
   • The concept of lateralisation explains why some skills are controlled by one side of the brain.