title: [Quantification of ocular dominance for better management of eye disease].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The dominant eye is defined as the one we unconsciously choose when we have to perform monocular tasks. In the field of clinical neuro-ophthalmology, it is well-established that ocular dominance plays a key role in several eye diseases. Furthermore, the accurate quantification of ocular dominance is crucial with regard to certain surgical techniques. However, classical preoperative tests cannot determine the amount of ocular dominance.
  
  
  METHODS
  In order to obtain further insight into the phenomenon of ocular dominance, we study its influence at behavioral and neurophysiological levels (experiments 1 and 2). Based on these new data, we suggest a method to improve quantification of ocular dominance (experiment 3).
  
  
  RESULTS
  We demonstrate that ocular dominance has an influence on hand movements and on interhemispheric transfer time. Moreover, we show that an analysis of the dynamics of saccades allows us to sort out participants with strong or weak ocular dominance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In conclusion, this better understanding of the phenomenon of ocular dominance, coupled with the analysis of saccadic dynamics, might, in the short or medium term, lead to the establishment of a quick and straightforward battery of tests allowing determination of the amount of ocular dominance for each patient.
authors.affiliation: CNRS, UMR 7291, FR 3C FR 3512, laboratoire de neurosciences cognitives, Aix Marseille université, 3, place Victor-Hugo, 13331 Marseille cedex 3, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chaumillon
authors.affiliation: EA 7326, laboratoire de vision, d'action et de cognition, IUPDP, INC, université Paris Descartes, sorbonne Paris Cité, 92774 Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Alahyane
authors.affiliation: EA 7326, laboratoire de vision, d'action et de cognition, IUPDP, INC, université Paris Descartes, sorbonne Paris Cité, 92774 Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Senot
authors.affiliation: EA 7326, laboratoire de vision, d'action et de cognition, IUPDP, INC, université Paris Descartes, sorbonne Paris Cité, 92774 Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vergne
authors.affiliation: EA 7326, laboratoire de vision, d'action et de cognition, IUPDP, INC, université Paris Descartes, sorbonne Paris Cité, 92774 Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lemoine
authors.affiliation: EA 7326, laboratoire de vision, d'action et de cognition, IUPDP, INC, université Paris Descartes, sorbonne Paris Cité, 92774 Boulogne-Billancourt, France; Institut universitaire de France, 23, quai de Conti, 75270 Paris, France.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Doré-Mazars
authors.affiliation: CNRS, UMR 7291, FR 3C FR 3512, laboratoire de neurosciences cognitives, Aix Marseille université, 3, place Victor-Hugo, 13331 Marseille cedex 3, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blouin
authors.affiliation: EA 7326, laboratoire de vision, d'action et de cognition, IUPDP, INC, université Paris Descartes, sorbonne Paris Cité, 92774 Boulogne-Billancourt, France; Institut universitaire de France, 23, quai de Conti, 75270 Paris, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vergilino-Perez
authors.affiliation: CNRS, UMR 7291, FR 3C FR 3512, laboratoire de neurosciences cognitives, Aix Marseille université, 3, place Victor-Hugo, 13331 Marseille cedex 3, France; Department of psychology, New York university, 6, Washington Place, 10003 New York, États-Unis. Electronic address: alain.guillaume@univ-amu.fr.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guillaume
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003943:Diagnostic Techniques, Neurological; D023882:Dominance, Ocular; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
keywords: Dominance oculaire; Neuro-ophtalmologie; Neuro-ophthalmology; Neurophysiological substrates; Ocular dominance; Quantification; Substrats neurophysiologiques