Looking at someone's ear instead of their eyes is just as good

It is good news for those people who find making eye contact with strangers uncomfortable. It is not necessary to gaze into someone's eyes while speaking to them, as looking at another part of their face will do just as well. A study using eye-tracking glasses found people can hardly tell the difference when someone is looking at their eyes or their mouth. When 46 people were spoken to by a researcher, they thought he was making eye contact even when he was looking at their lips. Although the person they were talking to barely met their eyes, they enjoyed the conversation just as much.