A sense of “sideness,” including the tendency to use one hand for specific tasks.
An awareness of the two sides of one’s body and which is left and which is right. Some children with right-left disorientation have a poor sense of laterality and often confuse left and right; these are often children who lack dominance of one eye, ear, hand, and foot for most proficient use.
To one side of the body, i.e., the left or right; used, e.g., to specify which side of the body or brain is dominant.