Jokes aside: the eye contact one is interesting. I personally drive people insane with this quirk: when relaying a conversation I had with someone else I break eye contact to make it with the inferred (not present) party… typically by averting my eyes roughly a real person’s distance away. This apparently is consistent enough where the person I am speaking with will repeatedly unconsciously start looking for that person where I am looking. I rarely get called on it - because it’s silly from the other person’s perspective… but it’s funny to observe.
Frequently they will turn their heads. If they know me and are accustomed to this quirk I see them occasionally “react” like: oh god damnit. I don’t generally physically turn my body or anything - it’s as if I’m addressing someone standing just to the side of them… as one might if you were speaking to two people. I don’t really avoid eye contact so the act of breaking it for this action will typically pull the other person to look where I am. You probably have done the same when someone you speak to notices someone or something during a conversation and reacts.
Diagnosed ADHD and my eyes move to my left when recalling information no matter how much I try to fight it. Drove my parents and teachers nuts because they thought it meant I was lying.
For quite some time it was assumed to be a micro expression indicating imagination. To the right was recollection I believe. While it’s not based in scientific fact the show ‘lie to me’ covers a lot of common ones. Fun watch even though the concept is a bit dodgy.
ADHD myself. Reading faces is a lot of information - and when you are trying to recall or focus you will look away to reduce stimulus. It’s similar to turning the car radio down when focusing or looking for something.
Damn. I just tried to… mimic (?) what you described, but then realized my eyes went to the right. When I tried again, but this time to the left, it felt so unnatural, but to the right or upwards feels comfortable and natural. Also ADHD, but I never thought that it left vs. right would feel so different for something like that!
Yeah, everyone is different. That’s kinda why it was debunked with later studies (where before they thought looking left meant recall and to the right meant lying). Even with a baseline they’ve shown some people can avoid showing any type of tell when lying or recalling info.
Also, I think visually so it helps me focus and I find direct eye contact uncomfortable in general unless I really know the person well.
Jokes aside: the eye contact one is interesting. I personally drive people insane with this quirk: when relaying a conversation I had with someone else I break eye contact to make it with the inferred (not present) party… typically by averting my eyes roughly a real person’s distance away. This apparently is consistent enough where the person I am speaking with will repeatedly unconsciously start looking for that person where I am looking. I rarely get called on it - because it’s silly from the other person’s perspective… but it’s funny to observe.
How do you observe it if you’re looking away?
The reaction?
Frequently they will turn their heads. If they know me and are accustomed to this quirk I see them occasionally “react” like: oh god damnit. I don’t generally physically turn my body or anything - it’s as if I’m addressing someone standing just to the side of them… as one might if you were speaking to two people. I don’t really avoid eye contact so the act of breaking it for this action will typically pull the other person to look where I am. You probably have done the same when someone you speak to notices someone or something during a conversation and reacts.
Diagnosed ADHD and my eyes move to my left when recalling information no matter how much I try to fight it. Drove my parents and teachers nuts because they thought it meant I was lying.
For quite some time it was assumed to be a micro expression indicating imagination. To the right was recollection I believe. While it’s not based in scientific fact the show ‘lie to me’ covers a lot of common ones. Fun watch even though the concept is a bit dodgy.
ADHD myself. Reading faces is a lot of information - and when you are trying to recall or focus you will look away to reduce stimulus. It’s similar to turning the car radio down when focusing or looking for something.
Damn. I just tried to… mimic (?) what you described, but then realized my eyes went to the right. When I tried again, but this time to the left, it felt so unnatural, but to the right or upwards feels comfortable and natural. Also ADHD, but I never thought that it left vs. right would feel so different for something like that!
Yeah, everyone is different. That’s kinda why it was debunked with later studies (where before they thought looking left meant recall and to the right meant lying). Even with a baseline they’ve shown some people can avoid showing any type of tell when lying or recalling info.
Also, I think visually so it helps me focus and I find direct eye contact uncomfortable in general unless I really know the person well.