Can you move your eye balls around in your head?

tiacat · 29/08/15 - 17:03

I was thinking that most people can move their eyes so that they are looking 'boss eyed' but not many (or any?) can move their eyes so that their eyes both look outward in their head.

[Deleted User] · 29/08/15 - 17:08

Wtf

[Deleted User] · 29/08/15 - 17:32

What got you thinking about that?

Armi · 29/08/15 - 17:52

Andrew-W wrote: »

What got you thinking about that?

New boyfriend?

An Thropologist · 29/08/15 - 18:04

I can move mine so I can see from the back of my head and also down my nose.

tiacat · 29/08/15 - 18:18

Andrew-W wrote: »

What got you thinking about that?

My partner often does silly faces and goes boss eyed. So I thought to myself, I wonder why most of us can do that, but I hardly see anyone doing it the other way, where the pupils point outwards

I often think strange things anyway!

silentNate · 29/08/15 - 18:26

: rolleyes:

MelodyMaker · 29/08/15 - 18:32

Anyone who can move their eyeballs around in their heads as opposed to in their eyesockets should seek immediate medical attention!

coldcomfort · 29/08/15 - 19:15

Marty Feldman, but his was a medical condition.
I liked him.

coldcomfort · 29/08/15 - 19:17

Marty Feldman, but his was a medical condition.
I liked him - a funny man.

Mustabuster · 29/08/15 - 19:22

People can go cross eyed so both eyes can focus on an object close to the face. Evolution has place two forward facing eyes in our heads so that we can judge distances better like other hunting animals. There's no real natural reason for them to point outwards.

Fizzbin · 29/08/15 - 19:43

Yes, yes I can. http://i.imgur.com/q3JSN.jpg

Chris Frost · 29/08/15 - 20:52

Humans are hunter gatherers. Our eyes face forwards for hunting. Focusing on objects very close means that we developed eye muscles that pull the eyes inwards, hence why we can go cross-eyed. There's no evolutionary advantage for us to have eyes that look outwards in different directions because we lose depth perception. When gathering, it's more advantageous to work in groups where several members look out for danger and assess the threat level based on distance and speed of approach.

If someone can look outwards in different directions then it's either a medical condition or likely to be the video equivalent of Photoshopping. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Dof9TZoxQU

NaturalDancer · 29/08/15 - 20:58

An Thropologist wrote: »

I can move mine so I can see from the back of my head and also down my nose.

When my grandson was very young and I would catch him doing something when he thought nobody was watching, I used to say I had eyes in the back of my head - he really believed me for a while

CravenHaven · 29/08/15 - 22:53

I'm not sure, I'll take them out and grease them up some more.

welshsarah · 29/08/15 - 22:55

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Jellied Eel · 30/08/15 - 00:29

Chris Frost wrote: »

There's no evolutionary advantage for us to have eyes that look outwards in different directions because we lose depth perception. When gathering, it's more advantageous to work in groups where several members look out for danger and assess the threat level based on distance and speed of approach.

Ah, but.. Ed Macy wrote a book about being an Apache pilot. Being a hunter/gatherer in one of those requires the ability to focus on their helmet sight and the cockpit/outside world. Which means being able to independently focus & process from each eye.. Which meant he discovered he could also read 2 books at once. Which is weird, and when I tried it, just got a splitting headache..

Chihiro94 · 30/08/15 - 00:32

I'm almost 'boss' (cross?) eyed to an extent. I have a condition where I only really focus out of one at time and the other turns in. I think its possible to have the other way, but its not voluntary.

DinkyDoo · 30/08/15 - 00:50

My daughter can move her eyes inward independently of each other but cant make them move thw other way. She can also wobble her eyes left to right, but the optician told her not to because she could damge her eye muscles.

treefr0g · 30/08/15 - 01:13

Jenny Powell can do weird things with her eye. I bet she can do this.

Addisonian · 30/08/15 - 07:40

What's "boss eyed"?

himerus · 30/08/15 - 07:44

I can't put my legs behind my head either. ;-)

gdjman68wasdigi · 30/08/15 - 07:53

Great thread Tiacat :-) ha

SeasideLady · 30/08/15 - 08:31

Anatomically impossible, and so is losing things like contact lenses behind your eye !

Chris Frost · 31/08/15 - 06:22

Jellied Eel wrote: »

Ah, but.. Ed Macy wrote a book about being an Apache pilot. Being a hunter/gatherer in one of those requires the ability to focus on their helmet sight and the cockpit/outside world. Which means being able to independently focus & process from each eye.. Which meant he discovered he could also read 2 books at once. Which is weird, and when I tried it, just got a splitting headache..

Quite... but his eyes don't look outwards in two different directions. They're still focused ahead, so you're talking about something different to the OP.

moonlandings · 31/08/15 - 06:35

SeasideLady wrote: »

Anatomically impossible, and so is losing things like contact lenses behind your eye !

Are you sure about that? Genuine question.

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