Eye Dominance - Right or Left Eyed?
Right Eyed or Left Eyed?
Seeing through a dominant eye is the tendency to prefer visual input from one eye rather than the other. Your dominant eye processes information 14 to 21 milliseconds faster than your non dominant eye. Using the line of sight from your dominant eye tells you where things are out there in your visual world.
In a classroom, your child's dominant eye helps find the teacher, the blackboard, a projection screen, or even another student.
We often hear about hand dominance (right handedness and left handedness), but eye dominance isn't discussed as often. In fact, if someone were to ask you if you are right eyed or left eyed, and you don't know the answer to this question, you are not alone. Many of us are surprised when we first learn about eye dominance.
It does make sense that, just as we use one hand more than the other, we also use one eye more than the other. Discovering which eye is dominant is easy, and we can then make simple changes in our surroundings to accommodate our dominant eye. Surprisingly, the results of these changes can make our lives easier and more enjoyable.
Right eye dominance is much more common than left eye dominance. Approximately two thirds of the population is right eye dominant, and most of the rest are left eye dominant. There are a few people who do not have a dominant eye. Just as there are those who are ambidextrous, or able to use their right and left hands equally well, there are also people who use both of their eyes equally well, but this is not the norm.
Again, most of us are either right handed or left handed, and either right eye or left eye dominant, however the side of our dominant eye and our dominant hand do not always match. About 80% of us are same side dominant. In other words, we are predominantly right handed/right eye dominant or left handed/left eye dominant. The other 20% of us are cross dominant, which means right handed/left eye dominant or left handed/right eye dominant.
The SmartVision Method is all about discovering the power of a focused mind. We have designed and patented the SmartVision glasses based upon the principle of eye dominance. For optimal success in learning how to develop focusing skills, first determine whether you are right or left eye dominant. Don't assume that just because you are right handed, you are also right eye dominant. For your convenience, there are several simple tests in the right hand column and the videos on this page and the home page also demonstrates these tests.
If you choose not to determine eye dominance ahead of time for any reason, we conveniently offer you the option of purchasing any of our product packages with both pairs of glasses, to accommodate anyone's eye dominance. The second pair of glasses is available for a special discounted price.
Once you know your eye dominance, there are many applicable benefits. Furniture can be moved to accommodate for eye dominance to make a big difference for family members. Rearranging children's bedrooms, playrooms, and classrooms to accommodate eye dominance can improve their attention spans or increase their enjoyment of activities.
Sometimes we notice that we tend to sit on the left side of a classroom. The right eye dominant student prefers to sit on the left side because he or she tends to see the teacher more comfortably from that side. You may find yourself typically sitting on the left side of the couch or you may prefer sitting on the right side of the movie theatre. Again, this is often to accommodate your eye dominance.
Recognizing the role of eye dominance can really change the dynamics of a classroom. If a teacher knows the eye dominance of each student, each child can be properly positioned for optimal vision. This can really improve behavioral problems in the classroom. For example, if a right eye dominant student sits to the left of a left eye dominant student, the two of them may be looking at each other rather than at the teacher. By moving the left eye dominant student to the right side of the classroom, and the right eye dominant student to the left side of the classroom, the students will be better able to focus on the teacher. Therefore, the students' attention is put on the teacher rather than on each other. There are teachers who claim that even students with ADD or ADHD have had increased attention spans after eye dominance was tested and accommodated for.
The dominant eye is the one that is primarily relied upon for precise positional information. This can be especially significant in sports which require aim, such as golf, archery, darts, baseball or shooting sports like basketball. Right eye dominant people should partake in all shooting sports as right handed participants. Left eye dominant people should participate as lefties. Exceptions can be made to this general rule but most of them have to do with physical adversities.
