lateralise

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A form of lateralize — To localize a function to either the left or right side of the brain

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Meanings

verblateralise (third-person singular simple present lateralises, present participle lateralising, simple past and past participle lateralised)

present singular third person lateralises · participle present lateralising · participle past lateralised · past lateralised

  1. alternativeAlternative form of lateralize.

    Crossmodal spatial cueing studies have shown that a lateralised auditory stimulus (non-predictive cue) can influence the response to a subsequent visual target, with better performance when the target is presented at the same location as the cue (valid trials) than on the opposite side […]

    2015 July 10, Serena Mastroberardino, Valerio Santangelo, Emiliano Macaluso, “Crossmodal semantic congruence can affect visuo-spatial processing and activity of the fronto-parietal attention networks”, in Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, volume 9, →DOI

Origin

From lateral + -ise.

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APA

lateralise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lateralise

MLA

“lateralise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lateralise. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lateralise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lateralise.

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