A generic term referring to any kind of bias favouring one side of the body over the other. It includes biases in head-turning and hand and arm use as well as biases of the feet, legs, eyes, ears, and even side-of-mouth for chewing. While lateral biases characterize much of human behavior, if too inflexible they can create problems in certain endeavours, one example being proneness to injuries in professional dance.
See Ambidexterity, Bimanual task, Hand preference, Hand proficiency, Handedness (bimanual vs unimanual), Handedness (general), Laterality, Peg-mving task, Unimanual task