Thursday, March 7, 2013

To Size Somebody Up, Don't Look 'Em In The Eye : Easy Health ...

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If you want to get a good idea about what somebody is up to, don?t look at his eyes, according to researchers at the University of California Santa Barbara. There?s a better spot on the face to examine.

The best place to check is right below the eyes. And, in fact, that?s what most of us instinctively do.

?It?s pretty fast, it?s effortless ?? we?re not really aware of what we?re doing,? says researcher Miguel Eckstein, professor of psychology.

Using an eye tracker and more than 100 photos of faces and participants, researchers followed people?s gaze to determine where they look in the first crucial moment of identifying a person?s identity, gender and emotional state.

?For the majority of people, the first place we look at is somewhere in the middle, just below the eyes,? Eckstein notes. One possible reason could be that it allows us to figure out where the person?s attention is focused.

When participants were directed to try to determine the identity, gender and emotion of by looking elsewhere ?? the forehead, the mouth, for instance ?? they did not perform as well as they would have by looking close to the eyes.

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