Eye contact prepares the brain for sharing mental states with someone else, creating a form of what’s called entrainment, the process by which individuals synchronize their movements with others, ...

Humans need eye contact. It can make people feel closer, more honest, and more respected. When people share eye contact, their brains show similar activity, which helps them bond and understand each ...

Forget elaborate dating strategies or lengthy philosophical discussions; groundbreaking research suggests that holding someone's gaze for just 60 to 120 seconds can dramatically deepen trust, foster ...

For New Yorkers who famously avoid eye contact, it seemed like a radical notion to get a group of strangers to look into each other's eyes without speaking, back when the first "eye-gazing parties" ...

For three months in the spring of 2010, New York City's Museum of Modern Art hosted an event called The Artist is Present, during which performance artist Marina Abramovic sat silently in a chair for ...