Hand-eye coordination is the ability of the vision system to coordinate the information received through the eyes to control, guide, and direct the hands in the accomplishment of a given task, such as handwriting or catching a ball. Hand-eye coordination uses the eyes to direct attention and the hands to execute a task. Games can play an important part in the development of hand-eye coordination.
Vision is the process of understanding what is seen by the eyes. It involves more than simple visual acuity (ability to distinguish fine details). Vision also involves fixation and eye movement abilities, accommodation (focusing), convergence (eye aiming), binocularity (eye teaming), and the control of hand-eye coordination. Most hand movements require visual input to be carried out effectively. When children are learning to draw, for example, they follow the position of the hand holding the pencil visually as they make lines on the paper.
It has been studied in activities as diverse as tea making, the movement of solid objects such as wooden blocks, sporting performance, the reading of music, online first-person computer gaming, and copy-typing.
Games have been created specifically to develop hand-eye coordination.
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