Re: Dominant eye issues

[P3D Larry Berlin <lberlin@xxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 02:20:50 -0500 (EST)
>From: P3D  <PTWW@xxxxxxx>  writes:
>.............snip............  Peter Davis chimed in with the details, but
>to someone who hasn't been made aware of it, "see which causes the
>scene to change from the two eyed view" may need some clarification.
>With a little experimenting, I came up with the following more
>specific advice:  use your index finger to point at an object some
>distance away, such as on the other side of a moderate-sized
>room.  When you close your dominant eye, it will appear that you
>are no longer pointing at the object.  Obviously, you should not
>select an enormous object, such as "the wall," at which to point.
>Try to be fairly specific.

**********   Maybe it's my extensive use of both eyes, but this method
doesn't work for me to find the dominant eye. I'm way too aware of each
eye's view when I point across the room. Any choice of pointing position is
just that a choice and therefore not a good measure of dominance for me. I
have to use the dual colored repeating pattern and then notice which color
tends to dominate.

>...........snip
>Are there variations in degree of eye-dominance?  Maybe some people
>will be unable to even momentarily switch to the non-dominant eye
>view with both eyes open, but what could it possibly mean to say
>that George's wife has greater (or less) eye-dominance than George?
>I have no idea.
>
>Larry Berlin added:
>
>>once you
>>become aware of this controllable element, you can learn to shift your
>>mental awareness from one eye to the other while both eyes are open. Eye
>>dominance can be overcome somewhat with training of awareness.
>
>I had never heard of shifting eye-dominance until Larry brought it up,
>but he is right.  I was able to do this easily while doing the pointing
>exercise described above.  I think, however, that being able to overcome
>eye dominance is limited to the period of time you actively override
>your natural tendency.  Once you stop forcing the opposite view, you
>will revert to the dominant eye view.
>
>Paul Talbot
>
>

*******  Revert, yes but repetition of the exercise is helpful in expanding
your capability. Remember that these are patterns that form largely
automatically though there is potential for conscious control. This is like
habits which are hard to change, but can be changed. The process is to
consciously develop other patterns. It's the same process a child uses to
explore the physical nature of the surroundings. Adults learn slower partly
because we become bored with repetition and practice. Only when we are
motivated by something else will we continue to carry on these activities.
sufficient practice will reduce the dominance and can even reverse it or at
the minimum establish a degree of ambidexterity. (can this word apply to the
eyes?)

Larry Berlin

Email: lberlin@xxxxxxxxx
http://www.sonic.net/~lberlin/
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