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OCULAR DOMINANCE [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
DEF

The superiority of one eye over the other in some perceptual or motor task.

OBS

The term is usually applied to those superiorities in function which are not based on a difference in visual acuity between the two eyes, or on a dysfunction of the neuromuscular apparatus of one of the eyes.

Key term(s)
  • eye dominance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
DEF

Supériorité d'un œil dont la fonction visuelle est prépondérante.

OBS

Source MVISI-F : Le nouveau dictionnaire de la vision par Michel Millodot, Médiacom Vision Éditeur, 1997.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ojo
DEF

Predominio de la fijación de un ojo sobre otro.

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