The effects of visual stimulation of the dominant and non-dominant eyes on the latent period of saccades and the latency of the peak of rapid pre-saccade potentials

Cyclopean vs. Dominant Eye in Gaze-Interface-Tracking

“…In addition, our findings provide indication for eye dominance, in accordance with the hemispheric laterality approach that dominant eyes may be superior to nondominant eyes in certain tasks, just as dominant hands or feet are (Bourassa et al, 1996;Gundogan, Yazici, & Simsek, 2009). As we mentioned in the Introduction, the idea of hemispheric laterality with respect to ocular dominance has suffered great criticism (e.g., Khan & Crawford, 2001;Mapp et al, 2003), yet a number of empirical reports did show indications for it (Han et al, 1995;Kawata & Ohtsuka, 2001;Moiseeva et al, 2000;Van Leeuwen et al, 1999). This also seems to be the case in the current empirical report.…”

“…In Van Leeuwen, Westen, van der Steen, de Faber, and Collewijn (1999), individuals sometimes preferred to make short saccades to nearby objects with only their dominant eyes. Next, in Moiseeva, Slavutskaya, and Shul'govskii (2000), pre-saccadic processes appeared earlier in the dominant than in the non-dominant eye, possibly suggesting faster sensory processing and attention disengagement for the dominant eye. Finally, Kawata and Ohtsuka (2001) showed that when individuals tracked an X shaped target moving on a rail at different speeds, vergence movements were first initiated with the dominant eye and were faster with the dominant eye than with the non-dominant eye.…”

What does the dominant eye dominate? A brief and somewhat contentious review

“…However, as was discussed in Claim 2, the role of an asymmetry in acuity or contrast sensitivity is yet to be determined for the general population. There are studies in which oculomotor asymmetries have been examined during vergence (B. Clark, 1936), during version (Moiseeva, Slavutskaya, & Shul'govskii, 2000), and during eye movements that require both vergence and version (Barbeito, Tam, & Ono, 1986;Pickwell, 1972), but the correlation between these asymmetries and acuity asymmetry was not examined. If different asymmetries do not correlate, asymmetry dominance as a single unified concept becomes questionable.…”

The effect of binocular and monocular distractors on saccades in participants with normal binocular vision

“…However little attention has been given to the difference in response to distractors presented to the dominant or non-dominant eye with respect to programming and characteristics of eye movements. Moiseeva et al, (2000) evaluated differences in response to presentation of stimuli to the dominant and non-dominant eyes for latency of the peak of rapid pre-saccade potentials, using electroencephalograph (EEG) traces. They found an earlier appearance of EEG potentials in response to stimulation of the dominant eye and suggested that this might reflect greater rates of attention disengagement of fixation and faster sensory processing of the peripheral visual stimulus.…”