Comments on: Online use of a primal reaction to eye contact http://www.digitalsolid.com/2006/12/13/online-use-of-a-primal-reaction-to-eye-contact/ Marketing Technology Musings and Tips by Jeff Larche Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:20:29 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Holly Hughes http://www.digitalsolid.com/2006/12/13/online-use-of-a-primal-reaction-to-eye-contact/comment-page-1/#comment-296 Holly Hughes Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:44:36 +0000 http://www.digitalsolid.com/2006/12/13/online-use-of-a-primal-reaction-to-eye-contact/#comment-296 It's like those portraits in the haunted mansion that seem to be looking at us, with the eyeballs moving and everything. Creeps us out -- but that's what it takes to grab the attention. Babies are inherently programmed to look deep into human eyes, a simple survival strategy -- and maybe we never really outgrow it. Now that you've pointed this out, I'll be seeing it everywhere! It’s like those portraits in the haunted mansion that seem to be looking at us, with the eyeballs moving and everything. Creeps us out — but that’s what it takes to grab the attention. Babies are inherently programmed to look deep into human eyes, a simple survival strategy — and maybe we never really outgrow it.

Now that you’ve pointed this out, I’ll be seeing it everywhere!

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