A Method of Determining Ocular Dominance

The question of a dominant eye does not seem to be considered of any consequence by the medical profession or even by its ophthalmologists. Probably few, indeed, realize that one eye is chosen unconsciously for the more rapid, accurate, and delicate visual perceptions, just as the dextral hand is chosen by the right-handed for the performance of all the more delicate and expert tasks, especially in learning them. The significance of ocular dominance in its relation to sport has been brought out by a newspaper reporter, and in its relation to right-handedness and left-handedness, by an oculist in a volume so entitled. The value of the determination of the dominant eye in refraction needs further outworking and rating, but a simpler method of making the test than the one to be suggested could scarcely be found. The idea of ocular dominance is by no means a new one.