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Another simple dominance signal is eye contact. | Another simple dominance signal is eye contact. | ||
More dominant people keep eye contact when they speak, perhaps because they do not fear being judged as overconfident hence do not need to divert attention by looking | More dominant people keep eye contact when they speak, perhaps because they do not fear being judged as overconfident hence do not need to divert attention by looking away. | ||
Conversely, more dominant people also look away when someone else speaks, perhaps because they can afford to ignore less dominant people speaking. | |||
This can be measured by the Visual Dominance Ratio defined as VDR = (% eye contact while speaking) / (% eye contact while listening). | This can be measured by the Visual Dominance Ratio defined as VDR = (% eye contact while speaking) / (% eye contact while listening). | ||
Dividing the two terms cancels out differences in individual propensity for holding eye contact and combines both in one number. | Dividing the two terms cancels out differences in individual propensity for holding eye contact and combines both in one number. | ||
Being more dominant, increases the denominator and decreases the nominator, hence increases the ratio. | Being more dominant, increases the denominator and decreases the nominator, hence increases the ratio. | ||