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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 | More dominant people keep eye contact when speaking, 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 | Conversely, more dominant people also look away when someone is speaking, 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). | ||