I have a theory. Whichever side our dominant eye is, we tend to look at that eye of our interlocutor. For example, mine is left eye, and I mostly look at their left eye (on the right of the picture, from my POV) - thus the line of sight cross over the nose-nose line, not running parallel to it.
Is it true for you? I learnt from the other thread that most of us do look at eyes, so we should have plenty of data for this theory.
I’m pretty sure my left eye is dominant and I tend to look at the same left eye in the mirror (right eye of another person or picture).
~Max
(Question about the thread title:
What is “sb”?)
“Somebody’s”, I suppose.
I’m not even sure I have that level of proprioception regarding the exact level of eye targeting. I know I’m looking at someone’s eyes. I’m not sure I could tell you which eye, unless the interaction is taking place at kissing distance
I would imagine that the mirroring circuits and theory of mind would tend to make you assume the other person had the same dominant eye as you. However there are a whole raft of buts in there. If it turned out that people do indeed tend to look the other person in the same eye as their dominant one, there is support for the theory. And if it turns out not to be correlated, not much support. But given the gulf between our understanding of the brain and the complexity within, I’m not convinced there is much science here.
It is true for me. I think. One data point.
Steve Buscemi, of course.
mmm
Was he kinda funny lookin’?
Anyway…I just realized I usually look at the person’s left eye – and I think my left eye is my dominant one.
This surprises me, because, if eye dominance is a factor, I would think we’d look at the other’s CLOSEST eye (to our dominant) – e.g., my left eye to their right. But it seems others in this thread could be right – we look at the eye we assume (subconsciously) is THEIR dominant one.
Questions :
I look at my shoes.
The only time I’ve ever heard the expression “look into my eye”, as opposed to “eyes”, the “eye” was a metaphor for a different, much less polite, body part (which the typical human body only has one of).
Steve Buscemi eyes were a meme.
I think I’m looking at both eyes. Maybe I’m not? But that’s what it feels like. If I’m actually only looking at one, I don’t know which one.
And I’ve also generally heard/seen the expression as ‘look in [their] eyes’.
I’ve seen autistic YouTube talk about not knowing which eye to look at. For me, though, I’ve always found I look at both at once. They both fit into that narrow part of my vision that is clear. I don’t get this idea that you can only look at a point.
That said, my left eye is definitely dominant. I know because I can close my right eye, and I still see everything the same. But, if I close my left eye, everything shifts over. I think it’s primarily that my astigmatism is not the same in both eyes.
I look at the other person’s shoes. I’m fairly extroverted for an engineer.
Marty Feldman would work there too. Or a niece of mine for that matter. Beautiful girl. It’s actually quite captivating. Or someone with one blue, and one brown eye (my SIL).
So far all of the data points favor my theory. But again, I notice that all/most of those who say it, have left dominant eye. Coincident? Guys, we need more data! Where are the right-eyers?