EYE DOMINANCE IN CHILDREN - A LONGITUDINAL-STUDY

In a sample of 807 normal preschool children aged from 3 to 6, examine d eye dominance was not associated with the declared eye dominance of their parents. Forty percent of the children showed left-eyedness. Eye dness was associated with handedness and not significantly related to age group or sex. A strong relationship between the answers of the two parents concerning eye preference was observed. Two hundred forty-fou r children were followed-up for 2 years. The examinations were carried out once every 6 months. Two thirds of the children showed perfect st ability in eye dominance. There was some evidence that stability in ey e use tends to increase with age and to be lower in left-handed childr en with left-handed parents. There is, at present, very little evidenc e of a positive association between eye dominance in parents and that in their children.