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In the subjective measurement of fixation disparity (FD), the subject fuses contours presented in the peripheral macular areas of both eyes (fusion lock). The position of the eyes relative to each other is monitored by means of two haploscopically seen vertical lines presented in the central macular area, one above and one below a binocularly seen horizontal line. The subject is instructed to shift one of the vertical lines horizontally until the two are aligned, while fixating their intersection with the horizontal line. It has recently been questioned whether the foveolae really are pointed towards the perceived intersection. In this study, we monitored the position of one eye while intermittently covering the fellow eye, while the subject maintained fixation of the intersection of the remaining vertical line and the horizontal line. We found slight differences in position of the measured eye, depending on whether the other eye was covered or not, i.e. depending on the presence or absence of fusion in the macular periphery. These differences were more pronounced in the non-dominant eye.
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Presented in part at the Fifth European Conference on Eye Movements, Pavia, September 1989, at the 15th Seminar Week of the Berufsverband der Augenärzte Deutschlands, Arbeitskreis Schielen, Munster, June 1989 and at the meeting of the Schweizerische Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft, Crans Montana, September 1990.
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Simonsz, H.J., Bour, L.J. Covering one eye in fixation-disparity measurement causes slight movement of fellow eye. Doc Ophthalmol 78, 141–152 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00165674
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