0 the situation in which two people look at each other's eyes at the same time:
1 the act of looking directly in the eyes of another person as the other person looks at you
2 a situation in which two people look directly into each other's eyes. Eye contact is considered to be an important part of effective communication:
Throughout the interview, she was trying to remain polite while avoiding direct eye contact.
Lack of eye contact during a conversation is sometimes thought to be an indicator that the person is lying.
make/avoid/maintain eye contact (with sb) Skilful presenters are good at making eye contact with an audience.
European speakers tend not to give such frequent feedback and perhaps use more eye contact instead.
The majority of disagreements concerned whether eye contact was established before or at the onset of the utterance.
The adult was positioned in front of the child and tried to establish eye contact with the child before beginning.
Thus, parents unconsciously establish eye contact with infants and then use motherese to maintain joint attention.
For instance, workers are asked to think about their own voice, eye contact, facial expressions and body language while handling disclosures.
He made eye contact with his wife and his restless movements diminished.
Parents were encouraged to elicit vocalizations from infants by eye contact and reciprocal vocalizations.
Sustained eye contact makes its appearance, too, replacing the jerky eye movements of the newborn period, and infants stay awake for longer periods of time.
