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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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BBC World Service Online
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- Fri 13 Jun 201418:32GMTBBC World Service Online
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- Mon 16 Jun 201408:32GMTBBC World Service Online
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