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August 29, 2003

Strange But True!

  • A weekly column of incidental information, off-the-wall observations and other random facts about the world.
    • By BILL SONES and RICH SONES, Ph.D.
    Special to the Journal

    Q. You baseball players know whether you're a righty, lefty or switch-hitter at the plate, but do you know which of your eyes is dominant? Does it matter?

    A. Right- or left-eye dominance develops early, with about 5 percent showing this by age 5, say V. Gregory Payne and Larry D. Isaacs in "Human Motor Development: A Lifespan Approach." Most people -- some 80 percent -- possess unilateral dominance, favoring same side hand and eye. The other 20 percent are crossed-laterals.


     
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