Functional Laterality

Behavioral manifestations of cerebral dominance in which there is preferential use and superior functioning of either the left or the right side, as in the preferred use of the right hand or right foot.

Year introduced: 2007(1966)

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Tree Number(s): F02.830.297.425, G11.561.225.425

MeSH Unique ID: D007839

Entry Terms:

• Laterality, Functional
• Behavioral Laterality
• Laterality, Behavioral
• Laterality of Motor Control
• Motor Control Laterality
• Mirror Writing
• Mirror Writings
• Writing, Mirror
• Writings, Mirror
• Ambidexterity
• Handedness

See Also:

• Split-Brain Procedure

All MeSH Categories
Psychiatry and Psychology Category
Psychological Phenomena
Psychophysiology
Dominance, Cerebral
Functional Laterality

All MeSH Categories
Phenomena and Processes Category
Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena
Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
Dominance, Cerebral
Functional Laterality
Dominance, Ocular