The Left: Lateral Eye Movements and Ideology
- 1 August 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 41 (1) , 248-250
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1975.41.1.248
Abstract
The lateral eye movements of 24 college students were videotaped as they reflected on spatial and analytical questions. As predicted, participants with more initial movements to the left had significantly higher scores on the leftist (or humanistic) index of the Tomkins Polarity Scale. The direction of this relationship was reversed for the rightist index (right movers scoring higher) but this difference was not significant. Results are interpreted as additions to evidence which suggests a connection between the left and right sides of the human body and more global dichotomies of ideology or personality.Keywords
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