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Eye contact - Instinctive behavior | | Eye contact - Instinctive behavior: Encyclopedia II - Eye contact - Instinctive behavior | | As with primates, human beings show an extreme alertness to where others are looking. Although a person may consciously control where his or her own eyes hover and land, he or she may feel compelled to look at objects and body parts which he or she finds interesting (e.g., faces, breasts, hands, and trees) -- or to gaze away from what he or she finds distasteful. In response to feelings of shyness, submissiveness, and stranger anxiety, we subconsciously "watch where we look". In crowded elevators, people generally avoid allowing their eyes to roam freely across others' faces as they do w ...
See also:Eye contact, Eye contact - The role of eye contact in facilitating the expression of emotions, Eye contact - Love and attraction, Eye contact - Fear and intimidation, Eye contact - Confidence and trust, Eye contact - Physiological responses, Eye contact - The other roles of eye contact, Eye contact - Facilitating other non-verbal communication, Eye contact - Facilitating learning, Eye contact - Mother/child bonding, Eye contact - Instinctive behavior, Eye contact - Cultural differences | | | Eye contact, Eye contact - Confidence and trust, Eye contact - Cultural differences, Eye contact - Facilitating learning, Eye contact - Facilitating other non-verbal communication, Eye contact - Fear and intimidation, Eye contact - Instinctive behavior, Eye contact - Love and attraction, Eye contact - Mother/child bonding, Eye contact - Physiological responses, Eye contact - The other roles of eye contact, Eye contact - The role of eye contact in facilitating the expression of emotions, Evil eye, Interpersonal communication, Staring contest, The gaze | | |
| | | Eye contact: Encyclopedia II - Eye contact - Instinctive behavior
Eye contact - Instinctive behavior
As with primates, human beings show an extreme alertness to where others are looking. Although a person may consciously control where his or her own eyes hover and land, he or she may feel compelled to look at objects and body parts which he or she finds interesting (e.g., faces, breasts, hands, and trees) -- or to gaze away from what he or she finds distasteful. In response to feelings of shyness, submissiveness, and stranger anxiety, we subconsciously "watch where we look". In crowded elevators, people generally avoid allowing their eyes to roam freely across others' faces as they do when viewing faces on television or printed material.
In adults, eye contact shows personal involvement and creates intimate bonds. Mutual gaze narrows the physical gap between humans.
Documentary filmmaker Errol Morris invented a device called the Interrotron which allowed his interview subjects to look directly into the camera while being filmed. It allows the film's viewers to maintain eye contact with the people in Morris' films, giving what some describe as a more intimate acquaintance with them.
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 Adapted from the Wikipedia article "Instinctive behavior", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki |
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