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Why Eye Contact is Important

Why eye contact is an essential part of a baby’s development, how we can manipulate eye contact to flirt, and what our eyes reveal about us.

Why is making eye contact so important? Catching someone’s eyes across a crowded room can lead to a passionate love affair. Yet catching the wrong person’s eye in a bar could lead to a tussle of another kind.

Mikes Williams explores why eye contact is an essential part of a baby’s development; how it is used to attract a partner and what our eyes give away about us, which is beyond our control.

(Photo: Eyes making contact. Credit: Shutterstock)

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Mon 16 Jun 2014 08:32GMT
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