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? Journal Club Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkFDwtrBfpZALV_oEPmc-cQ   Articles: 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?     More information: http://perceptionaction.com/ My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My ASU Web page Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)   Subscribe in iOS/Apple Subscribe in Anroid/Google   Support the podcast and receive bonus content   Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com