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The attention paid to more dominant individuals is particularly noticeable during speaking and here women with higher authority get more attention too. | The attention paid to more dominant individuals is particularly noticeable during speaking and here women with higher authority get more attention too. | ||
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. | 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 is speaking, perhaps because they can afford to ignore less dominant people speaking. | Conversely, more dominant people also look away when someone is speaking, perhaps because they can afford to ignore less dominant people speaking, which is exactly the same effect as in the previous study about the high status cues. | ||
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). | ||