Ocular dominance in patients with recently and remotely acquired lateralized brain lesions.

This study reports a significantly higher proportion of left-eyedness in patients with remotely acquired right hemisphere brain lesions as compared with patients with recently acquired right hemisphere lesions, as well as patients with left hemisphere lesions, regardless of whether they were recently or remotely acquired. It was determined that this finding could not be attributed to a higher incidence of left-handedness among the patients with remotely acquired right hemisphere lesions. The findings were interpreted in terms of a possible mechanism for adjustment to left field neglect.