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.