When you look “cross-eyed” at something, what do you see? Why?!

When you look “cross-eyed” at something, what do you see? Why?

If you have learned how to force your eyes to cross then you will see double when you cross your eyes. This is because you brain is "listening" to both eyes but each eye is looking at a different location. If you are crossing your eyes because you have a muscle imbalance and you can't help but cross your eyes then you will see single. This is because the brain has adapted to the muscle imbalance and to avoid seeing double the brain has suppressed the input of the deviating eye. It is kind of like the brain turns off the switch on the deviating eye as long as both eyes are open. If you were to close the eye that is normally straight then the deviating eye would "turn on" and point straight at what you need to look at as long as the normally straight eye remains closed. Hope this wasn't confusing. Hope this helps.