00:00Eye contact is important to conversations, but a new study shows that eye-to-eye contact
00:07rarely happens.
00:09The study was published in Scientific Reports.
00:13Florence Mehrand of McGill University was the author and said of the study,
00:17The time we engage in eye-to-eye contact, even if for a few seconds, appears to be an
00:23important predictive factor to subsequent social behavior.
00:28However, the study found that it is rare, she said.
00:32We found that surprisingly, direct eye-to-eye contact was quite rare during interactions,
00:38but that it is significant for social dynamics.
00:42Eye-to-eye contact happened just 3.5% of the time during a conversation.
00:48This research was conducted with a small group, and they hope to continue their study of eye contact.
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