Eye-to-eye contact is rare but shapes our social behavior

Researchers from McGill University and Université du Québec à Montréal have studied the prevalence of eye contact by recording the eye gazing behavior in face-to-face dyadic interactions.

Participants spent only about 12% of conversation time in interactive looking, meaning that they gazed at each other's faces simultaneously for just 12.5% of the interaction duration. Scientific Reports Jelena Ristic McGill University Text_ Université du Québec à Montréal > Florence Mayrand Tobii Mayrand a few seconds first one only 3.5% McGill’s Department of Psychology Jelena Ristic the Laboratory for Attention and Social Cognition PhD Florence Mayrand just 12% only about 12%