How to Determine Your Dominant Eye
Chicago, Illinois
Human beings have binocular vision, meaning our two eyes each perceive a slightly different version of the same scene.
For instance, if you are looking at a tree in your yard, one of your eyes will look directly at the tree, while the other eye will see it from an angle. You do not perceive the difference, because your brain merges the two images into one. The eye that focuses directly on objects is known as your dominant eye.
Finding Your Dominant Eye
Almost everyone has a dominant eye, and finding it is easy. For most people, the dominant eye is the one with which they use when looking through a camera or are targeting a gn. The Dolman method is another test you can perform at home to determine your dominant eye:
- 1. Cut a hole out of the center of a piece of paper. It does not have to be any precise shape.
- 2. Hold the paper in front of you at arm’s length with both hands.
- 3. Stare through the hole at any immobile object in the vicinity: for example, a chair.
- 4. While you are focusing on that object, gradually bring the paper closer to your face until it touches your nose.
The hole in the paper will end up in front of your dominant eye; this is the eye that has been focusing directly on the object all along.
Binocular Vision and Depth Perception
Binocular vision is essential in order to have accurate depth perception. By providing your brain with an indirect image of an object, your non-dominant eye allows you to gain a three-dimensional picture that more accurately portrays the distances and sizes of different objects.
Strong eye dominance is often caused by amblyopia (lazy eye) or strabismus, which can cause one of your eyes to work overtime in order to compensate for the other. Your brain is taught to accept more data from your dominant eye, and to ignore most of the data from your non-dominant eye. This can impact the overall quality of your vision.
If you have further questions about your vision, please contact Doctors For Visual Freedom today to schedule an initial consultation with our experienced Chicago eye doctor Dr. Mark Golden.
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Chicago, IL 60611 | Doctors for Visual Freedom Laser Center
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