Women's eye contact and men's later interest: two field experiments.
Previous studies indicated various nonverbal behaviors including eye contact of women are associated with men's approach; however, duration of the eye contact was not tested. In Exp. 1, a female confederate established eye-contact of 3 sec. or 1 sec. with a man when entering a bar. Duration of returned glance was the dependent variable. Analysis showed mean duration of the return glance was statistically shorter in the 1-sec. condition. In Exp. 2, the confederate made eye contact with a man and looked at him less than 1 sec., 2 sec., or 4 sec. The presence versus absence of smile was the dependent variable. Longer duration of eye contact was associated with an increase of smiling.
Guéguen
Nicolas
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Université de Bretagne-Sud, Vannes, France.
Fischer-Lokou
Jacques
J
Lefebvre
Liv
L
Lamy
Lubomir
L
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D005403:Fixation, Ocular; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009633:Nonverbal Communication / Q000523:psychology*; D012904:Smiling / Q000523:psychology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*