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AN INVESTIGATION OF EYE GAZE AND ITS RELATION TO SELECTED VERBAL BEHAVIOR

Human Communication ResearchPublished 1 January 1979
Donald J. Cegala, Sydel Sokuvitz, Alison Alexander
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Abstract

Eye gaze avoidance is examined in relation to the occurrence of turn-taking, vocalized pauses, sentence changes, repetitions, “you know,”“like,” sentence fragments, simple sentences, and complex sentences. The results provide support for the hypothesis that people avoid eye gaze when experiencing difficulty in encoding. This finding is discussed in relation to previous research and possible implications for the study of interpersonal communication.

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PsychologyArts and Humanities