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Which is your dominant eye?

Cogwulf

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This is something normally only paid attention to by people who play shooting sports such as archery as you're meant to ignore whether you are right or left handed and go by which eye is dominant. Eye dominance isn't which eye is strongest, it's which one your brain prefers processing information from, and supposedly your dominant eye is the same as the hemisphere of your brain you use most.

To do the test:

  • Extend both hands forward of your body and place the hands together making a small triangle (approximately 1/2 to 3/4 inch per side) between your thumbs and the first knuckle.
  • With both eyes open, look through the triangle and center something such as a doorknob or the bullseye of a target in the triangle. like this:
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  • Close your left eye. If the object remains in view, you are right eye dominant. If your hands appear to move off the object and move to the left, then you are left eye dominant.
  • To validate the first test, look through the triangle and center the object again with both eyes open.
  • Close your right eye. If the object remains in view, you are left eye dominant. If your hands appear to move off the object and move to the right, then you are right eye dominant.
One more alternative method is to assume the same position with your hands forming the triangle around the object and have both eyes open. Now, slowly bring your hands toward your face while continuing to look at the object with both eyes open. When your hands touch your face, the triangle opening should be in front of your dominant eye.
 

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Im left eye dominant and I'm right handed, what does this mean?
 

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There is something wrong with this test method, I think....

If you make the triangle with your hand and then focus on something with both eyes open, it seems that if u're arms are slightly to the right u will be focusing more with ur right eye. If ur arms are slightly more to the left, u focus with your left.

I did this experiment in reverse with one eye closed first and that is the result I got. Seems somewhat flawed to me.

@Warryer: "Linear reasoning[5] and language functions such as grammar and vocabulary[6] often are lateralized to the left hemisphere of the brain. Dyscalculia is a neurological syndrome associated with damage to the left temporo-parietal junction.[7] This syndrome is associated with poor numeric manipulation, poor mental arithmetic skill, and the inability to either understand or apply mathematical concepts.[8]

In contrast, prosodic language functions, such as intonation and accentuation, often are lateralized to the right hemisphere of the brain.[9][10] Functions such as the processing of visual and audiological stimuli, spatial manipulation, facial perception, and artistic ability seem to be functions of the right hemisphere."

~Courtesy of Wikipedia
 

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There is something wrong with this test method, I think....

If you make the triangle with your hand and then focus on something with both eyes open, it seems that if u're arms are slightly to the right u will be focusing more with ur right eye. If ur arms are slightly more to the left, u focus with your left.

I did this experiment in reverse with one eye closed first and that is the result I got. Seems somewhat flawed to me.

It is slightly flawed, but I think the basis of it is that when the brain is seeing a different image from each eye one of the images is sort of given a higher priority, and you subconsciously adjust your position to focus on that image.

To try and negate the flaw I've tried looking at things from all different angles and then raising my arms as fast as I can, and every time I get the same result
 

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My third eye is the dominant one.
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Do you mean the one in your pants? :eek:
Lol okay, that was a bad time for me to use the :elephant: smiley.
No! I mean my spiritual/mystical/shaman third eye! psh... perve. :p

I switched out the elephant for a trippy picture of psyduck, I hope that helps the interpretation...
 

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My third eye is the dominant one.

Three cheers for the pineal gland! Hip hip hurray! Hip Hip hurray! Hip Hip Hurray!

I've always been extremely right eye dominant. When hunting I often close my left eye to spot for animals.
 

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I want to do this... I can't close one eye at a time.

Curse my unwinking eyes...
 

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Quite right eye dominant though I already knew that.
 

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I believe that I'm right eye dominant, but I prefer holding the silent scope rifle (y'know, the arcade game) left-handed (and paintball guns, too).
 

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I want to do this... I can't close one eye at a time.

Curse my unwinking eyes...
try doing it this way then:
Assume the same position with your hands forming the triangle around the object and have both eyes open. Now, slowly bring your hands toward your face while continuing to look at the object with both eyes open. When your hands touch your face, the triangle opening should be in front of your dominant eye.
 

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If your eye and hand dominance don't match, it basically means you have to close one eye when using a microscope and you'll have difficulty shooting rifles (or other weapons) with ironsights (scoped ones are easier).

And if you can't close one eye at a time you can always fashion an eye patch with some scrap materials (if you don't already have one. For shame! Eye patches are life)

Me: right/right.
 

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Okay cool, I did this with that trick. I'm left eye dominant, which is also opposite of my handedness...

I've always had weird problems dealing with scopes, sights, depth perception. Combine the eye/hand mismatch with an inability to close an eye... it's starting to make sense.
 

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I used to be left eye dominant and then I developed astigmatism in my left eye. My left eye tires before my right eye now. I don't know if this is just coincidence or not but now when I take these little tests I almost always come out right eye dominant.
 

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For all of those who have eye dominance different from your handedness, can you wink?

Personally, I can't wink... and there are a bunch of other seemingly simple muscle movements I find difficult. For example: difficulties using a mirror, balance issues, difficulty forming sounds... specifically a lateral lisp but also other specific mouth movements.

Also, It took me a long time to learn how to whistle, snap fingers, ride a bike... and to this day I can't blow bubble gum.

So I'm curious if this is all related.

And how does one come to be cross dominant? This is all very curious...
 

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For all of those who have eye dominance different from your handedness, can you wink?

Personally, I can't wink... and there are a bunch of other seemingly simple muscle movements I find difficult. For example: difficulties using a mirror, balance issues, difficulty forming sounds... specifically a lateral lisp but also other specific mouth movements.

Also, It took me a long time to learn how to whistle, snap fingers, ride a bike... and to this day I can't blow bubble gum.

So I'm curious if this is all related.

And how does one come to be cross dominant? This is all very curious...


I can wink, but I find it harder to close my left eye than my right, and my motor skills are quite good overall

That list of symptoms made me think you might have dyspraxia, but I don't think those on their own would be enough for it to be diagnosed
 

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Right eye dominant.
 

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I'm an eye leftie.
 

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Right-handed and -eye'd.
Though, when I clasp my hands together, my left thumb is on top. If that's at all relevant?
 

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Left-eyed and handed. Sounds good to me. Seems to challenge the idea (which is slowly evolving into a myth) that your brain dominance is opposite your hand dominance as this contradicts the idea that whichever is your dominant eye is your dominant hemisphere, for me at least. I am confirmed to be mostly left-brain dominant yet am left-handed...
 

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I'm pretty sure I'm right eye dominant. I do most major things (writing, throwing, eating) with my left hand. I do wonder what this could mean. And to make me seem even more weird, I kick with my right foot.

Also, It took me a long time to learn how to whistle, snap fingers, ride a bike... and to this day I can't blow bubble gum.
haha yeah, I still can't seem to whistle. I just end us spitting all over the place when I try. And I can't blow bubble gum either, although I also hate bubble gum so it's not like I hardly ever try.

I think it's really just because I don't like those activities though. I'm actually really good at things I like doing.
 

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I've only learnt to whistle just a couple of years ago, it was just trial and error until I eventually found the right shape to make my mouth into. I think how difficult you find it to whistle is more to do with the shape of your mouth and your vocal chords than your brain
 

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I'm left eye dominant, right handed, (thought my left arm is stronger than my right, and I continually arbitrarily work on being ambidextrous XD).

For all of those who have eye dominance different from your handedness, can you wink?

Personally, I can't wink... and there are a bunch of other seemingly simple muscle movements I find difficult. For example: difficulties using a mirror, balance issues, difficulty forming sounds... specifically a lateral lisp but also other specific mouth movements.

Also, It took me a long time to learn how to whistle, snap fingers, ride a bike... and to this day I can't blow bubble gum.

So I'm curious if this is all related.

And how does one come to be cross dominant? This is all very curious...

I've never had any issues with the things you've listed; I've been able to do them all, and do them quite loudly o.O
 

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Left-eye-dominant (even though my right eye has significantly better vision), right-handed. I snap my fingers differently from anyone else, but I don't know if that's relevant. I can't whistle either, but I can blow bubblegum.

Wouldn't know how to go about determining brain dominance.
 
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