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Originally Posted by Katsunami
I read with my right eye. If I should lose sight in that eye, I'll be officially blind.
Still, if I would close that eye while reading (or doing anything else), my right eye tries do to very weird things, like move to the place in between my eyes, and it costs a lot of effort to to make it do that.
Therefore I even take pictures with both eyes open most of the time, otherwise it's very difficult to look through the camera's finder.
Even though sight in my left eye is very poor, I'd rather have it open than closed, allthough I *could* live with my left eye closed if needed. I can't actually do anything with it, like reading; it just provides context and (some) extra spatial information.
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Usually two eyes give depth perception. Not so with me. I have two nearly perfect eyes, ignoring the old age factor, and my depth perception is poor at best. I once took part in a study where you were required to wear a patch for 2 days on one eye. According to the tests, like walking of a step, going up steps, picking up objects and judging distances, I was the same with or without the patch. They concluded that I had no mental depth perception and had simply learned to compensate. Strangely or not, I find glasses screw up that compensation. I must remove glasses before going on escalator or stepping off a curb.
Helen