How come you can only crosseye one way?

Question

Why is that you can make both of your eyes go inward but you cant make them both go outward?

This has been bothering me for a couple of days now.

please help.

Answer 1

You can cross-eye inward and outward. It's been seen on several TV shows, like Nick's Kid's Choice Awards.

Answer 2

If you made them look 'outward' it wouldn't be cross eyed,

it would be why eyed (or Y eyed).

Answer 3

yes some people can, its called eastcoast-westcoast

Answer 4

Probably because of the muscles that control movement of the eyeball. <jmho>

Answer 5

You go crosseyed when you try to look to different directions.  When you try to go outwards, you go crosseyed.

Answer 6

Presumably nature intended the inward looking eye movement for a purpose (both eyes concentrating on a close object).  But, if the eyes were able to go to the outside of the sockets and look in two different directions it would create problems for the brain.

However, have you seen Rufus Sewell? - his eyes seem to look outward, and there used to be an actor on English television whose eyes did the same.  I think he was in a spoof Frankenstein film (and an American actor who once played a character called Toothy Thompson in a John Wayne film)  I think my mother used to call it 'Being wall-eyed'

Answer 7

I think it is easier to drive the eyes inward that make yourself wall-eyed

Answer 8

i really think some ppl can go outward.

but honestly, i really don't know why it's easier to go inward. i can only go in.

Answer 9

If they could go outwards................. tears would run down your back. LOL

Answer 10

you are trying to focus on something but even if you look at something very far away like the horizon, your eyes will only look straight ahead, the muscles of your eyes are not designed to look in two different directions at once like a chameleon.