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THIS ARTICLE NEEDS TO BE WRITTEN BY A SCIENTIST, NOT A HOBBYIST (to improve cohesion, basic facts, neutrality and ENGLISH). This is an extremely ineloquent and biased article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.94.6.28 ( talk) 01:52, 19 October 2006
The author(s) mentions "scientific experiments" regarding the subject, but no dates, names, or URLs are given. Does anyone know what experiments this article could be refering to? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cog05 ( talk • contribs) 23:56, 31 March 2005 (UTC).
- Devin20:26, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
Yo yo yo, some info on eye contact (in the context of flirting) here: http://www.sirc.org/publik/flirt.html Might clear some issues up.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.141.64.28 ( talk • contribs) 18:15, 14 April 2006 (UTC).
Chunks of this appear to have been lifted word for word from the Nonverbal Dictionary http://members.aol.com/nonverbal3/eyecon.htm. In the section "Intimidation and Status" from "rarely" onwards exactly matches Usage section in nonverbal disctionary. Section on "Instinctive behavior" is lifted from Primatology I in Nonverbal Dictionary with very minor editing (mostly to erronously distinguish us from primates). On a side note the dictionary is fully referenced so it could be used to source citations for this article.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.81.44.54 ( talk • contribs) 17:36, 27 April 2006 (UTC).
I suggest this Since it clearly talks of nothing else but the phsycological implications of such an act. -- Procrastinating@ talk2me 21:39, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
Certainly between untrained dogs and in animal-human interactions, direct eye contact is always interpreted as aggression. It might be useful to find a verifiable citation on this and include it. It is potentially life-saving hint- Looking a wild animal or strange dog directly in the eye will be perceived as by them as a threat. Cuvtixo 18:47, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Someone just added a short paragraph about animal behavior. This takes care of the worries about whether the article should be renamed "Human eye contact", but it raises other concerns. I tagged both sentences in the new paragraph with {{fact}} but just supplying references won't be enough. There are so many animals on the planet, it seems cheap to just refer to only two purposes for eye contact - it must be a fairly complex subject. Humans use eye contact for not only those two reasons, but many others. Also, I wonder why we are talking only about primatologists. Dogs and cats use eye contact, and primatologists are not concerned with such species. Cbdorsett 07:32, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
Apparently the animal behavior section has been deleted. It is not really complex subject and its not "cheap" to refer to the only two purposes- especially if little/no published research has been done. Humans are a very unique in certain behaviors, and it may be subtleties of eye contact are as unique as spoken communicative language. Dogs and cats can be trained to make eye contact, but this controversial and the effects are not well understood. Looking an unfamiliar dog, or bear or any other animal in the eyes is very dangerous. In fact looking people in the eye in unfamiliar cultures is also inadviseable Cuvtixo 18:58, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
There really ought to be a little addendum on how different neurological disorders can affect eye contact from person to person, for the sake of being thorough. The link to WrongPlanet is a good start, but there needs to be something in the article that pertains to the link for the link to make any sort of sense. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cellogirl42 ( talk • contribs) 23:05, 7 August 2007
This entire section is without any citations or supportive evidence. It really needs some. Bluebec ( talk) 01:27, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
What is it called when your eyeballs actually touch? ✍ ( talk) 03:40, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
Not impossible... it's actually kinda fun and oh... where did I learn this? Conan o'brien touched eyeballs with one of his guests... it was awesome. I don't know the name for it though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.220.248.100 ( talk) 16:30, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
What is the relevance of this line?: "Lucas Da Silva Alexandre was the first to fully understand how to master eye contact."
No citation or explanation of any kind. Delete? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.161.254.85 ( talk) 12:23, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
As someone who is not good with eye contact, I need to know where people look at each other when "in" eye contact. Since we tend to focus on a single point, it is hard to look into both of someone's eyes at the same time, so it would appear that people are really looking at a single point on the face. Possible options:
In close proximity I would assume people are looking at the bridge of the nose, or one of the eyes. DMahalko ( talk) 22:43, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
I was wondering the very same thing! What is eye contact, specifically? I polled over 500 people, [1] and 2/3rds said it was alternating between eyes, while 1/3rd said it was looking between their eyes, which were the only two options I'd accounted for. Some people told me it was something else entirely, such as looking at just one eye (some specifying the "dominant" eye), or going slightly bosseyed to look between their eyes or look at both at once. And all this time I'd assumed it meant looking between people's eyes. So maybe some clarification about what eye contact actually is would be useful. ZoeB ( talk) 08:44, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
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In many western cultures, avoiding eye contact is often seen as evidence that someone is lying. Is this actually true? If it is, shouldn't it be in the article? If it isn't, shouldn't the fact it's believed to be true be in the article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.6.96.22 ( talk) 17:58, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
I have removed the "conclusion" section. No encyclopedic article can have really have a "conclusion" on its subject; this is not a research paper or a dissertation, which give opinions. However, I did not delete the contents, but only moved them to other sections. Davidmjeong926 ( talk) 14:47, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
I have decided to edit this article for Psych 2410A at King's University College 2012 Eedmiston ( talk) 21:14, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
What gives police officers away in a roomful of people is their habit of looking too intently and too carefully at others ( Joe Navarro, FBI special agent, personal communication, August 2001). 176.228.51.29 ( talk) 06:09, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
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Added attention notice for the following reasons:
THIS ARTICLE NEEDS TO BE WRITTEN BY A SCIENTIST, NOT A HOBBYIST (to improve cohesion, basic facts, neutrality and ENGLISH). This is an extremely ineloquent and biased article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.94.6.28 ( talk) 01:52, 19 October 2006
The author(s) mentions "scientific experiments" regarding the subject, but no dates, names, or URLs are given. Does anyone know what experiments this article could be refering to? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cog05 ( talk • contribs) 23:56, 31 March 2005 (UTC).
- Devin20:26, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
Yo yo yo, some info on eye contact (in the context of flirting) here: http://www.sirc.org/publik/flirt.html Might clear some issues up.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.141.64.28 ( talk • contribs) 18:15, 14 April 2006 (UTC).
Chunks of this appear to have been lifted word for word from the Nonverbal Dictionary http://members.aol.com/nonverbal3/eyecon.htm. In the section "Intimidation and Status" from "rarely" onwards exactly matches Usage section in nonverbal disctionary. Section on "Instinctive behavior" is lifted from Primatology I in Nonverbal Dictionary with very minor editing (mostly to erronously distinguish us from primates). On a side note the dictionary is fully referenced so it could be used to source citations for this article.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.81.44.54 ( talk • contribs) 17:36, 27 April 2006 (UTC).
I suggest this Since it clearly talks of nothing else but the phsycological implications of such an act. -- Procrastinating@ talk2me 21:39, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
Certainly between untrained dogs and in animal-human interactions, direct eye contact is always interpreted as aggression. It might be useful to find a verifiable citation on this and include it. It is potentially life-saving hint- Looking a wild animal or strange dog directly in the eye will be perceived as by them as a threat. Cuvtixo 18:47, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Someone just added a short paragraph about animal behavior. This takes care of the worries about whether the article should be renamed "Human eye contact", but it raises other concerns. I tagged both sentences in the new paragraph with {{fact}} but just supplying references won't be enough. There are so many animals on the planet, it seems cheap to just refer to only two purposes for eye contact - it must be a fairly complex subject. Humans use eye contact for not only those two reasons, but many others. Also, I wonder why we are talking only about primatologists. Dogs and cats use eye contact, and primatologists are not concerned with such species. Cbdorsett 07:32, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
Apparently the animal behavior section has been deleted. It is not really complex subject and its not "cheap" to refer to the only two purposes- especially if little/no published research has been done. Humans are a very unique in certain behaviors, and it may be subtleties of eye contact are as unique as spoken communicative language. Dogs and cats can be trained to make eye contact, but this controversial and the effects are not well understood. Looking an unfamiliar dog, or bear or any other animal in the eyes is very dangerous. In fact looking people in the eye in unfamiliar cultures is also inadviseable Cuvtixo 18:58, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
There really ought to be a little addendum on how different neurological disorders can affect eye contact from person to person, for the sake of being thorough. The link to WrongPlanet is a good start, but there needs to be something in the article that pertains to the link for the link to make any sort of sense. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cellogirl42 ( talk • contribs) 23:05, 7 August 2007
This entire section is without any citations or supportive evidence. It really needs some. Bluebec ( talk) 01:27, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
What is it called when your eyeballs actually touch? ✍ ( talk) 03:40, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
Not impossible... it's actually kinda fun and oh... where did I learn this? Conan o'brien touched eyeballs with one of his guests... it was awesome. I don't know the name for it though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.220.248.100 ( talk) 16:30, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
What is the relevance of this line?: "Lucas Da Silva Alexandre was the first to fully understand how to master eye contact."
No citation or explanation of any kind. Delete? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.161.254.85 ( talk) 12:23, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
As someone who is not good with eye contact, I need to know where people look at each other when "in" eye contact. Since we tend to focus on a single point, it is hard to look into both of someone's eyes at the same time, so it would appear that people are really looking at a single point on the face. Possible options:
In close proximity I would assume people are looking at the bridge of the nose, or one of the eyes. DMahalko ( talk) 22:43, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
I was wondering the very same thing! What is eye contact, specifically? I polled over 500 people, [1] and 2/3rds said it was alternating between eyes, while 1/3rd said it was looking between their eyes, which were the only two options I'd accounted for. Some people told me it was something else entirely, such as looking at just one eye (some specifying the "dominant" eye), or going slightly bosseyed to look between their eyes or look at both at once. And all this time I'd assumed it meant looking between people's eyes. So maybe some clarification about what eye contact actually is would be useful. ZoeB ( talk) 08:44, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
References
In many western cultures, avoiding eye contact is often seen as evidence that someone is lying. Is this actually true? If it is, shouldn't it be in the article? If it isn't, shouldn't the fact it's believed to be true be in the article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.6.96.22 ( talk) 17:58, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
I have removed the "conclusion" section. No encyclopedic article can have really have a "conclusion" on its subject; this is not a research paper or a dissertation, which give opinions. However, I did not delete the contents, but only moved them to other sections. Davidmjeong926 ( talk) 14:47, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
I have decided to edit this article for Psych 2410A at King's University College 2012 Eedmiston ( talk) 21:14, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
What gives police officers away in a roomful of people is their habit of looking too intently and too carefully at others ( Joe Navarro, FBI special agent, personal communication, August 2001). 176.228.51.29 ( talk) 06:09, 16 February 2019 (UTC)