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Eye contact and facial expressions provide key social and emotional information; we continually probe each other's eyes and faces for positive or negative mood signs. The eyes have often been described as the "windows of the soul", and in some contexts, gazing at another's eyes may arouse strong emotions. Eye contact - Love and attraction. Lovers often gaze into each other's eyes for extended periods of time to show and [nonverbal communication] exp ...

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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

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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 ...

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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

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Eye contact - Facilitating other non-verbal communication. A person's direction of gaze may indicate to others where his or her attention lies. Eye contact - Facilitating learning. Recent studies suggests that eye contact has a positive impact on the retention and recall of information and may promote more efficient learning [2][3][4].

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

Read more here: » Eye contact: Encyclopedia II - Eye contact - The other roles of eye contact