175 – What is the Role of Eye Dominance in Skilled Motor Action?

What is the relevance of ocular dominance for the control of action? How might it effect an athlete's choice of stance or side? Is there any evidence to support the idea that being cross-dominant (different dominant hand and dominant eye) is advantageous in sports?

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The Advantage of Eye–Hand Cross-Dominance for Baseball Batters

Sensory Eye Dominance: Relationship Between Eye and Brain

I Spy With My Dominant Eye

The Effect of Ocular Dominance on the Performance of Professional Baseball Players

Ocular Dominance and Handedness in Golf Putting

The Dominant Eye: Dominant for Parvo- But Not for Magno-Biased Stimuli?

Hand and Eye Dominance in Sport: Are Cricket Batters Taught to Bat Back-to-Front?

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