Why it’s so hard to maintain eye contact when you’re talking to someone

It may make it harder to think of words, say researchers

Photo: Rafi Letzter/Business Insider

Why do you glance off to the side when you speak? It’s like you’re trying to pull a word out of some blank space in the distance.

Breaking eye contact mid-sentence is a strange habit, but almost everyone seems to do it every once in a while.

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