Eye Contact Can Make People More Honest
Oct 04, 2013 01:32
Eye contact is way too important. Having two eyes looking at you seems to make you more honest too according to the paper "Cues of being watched enhance cooperation in a real-world setting," found here at the NIH.
The study was conducted in 2006, but here's a more recent and interesting submission to the /r/DataIsBeautiful subreddit by Redditor celacanto.
The chart below shows the average amount of money contributed for a liter of milk (X-axis) and what picture was up in each week (Y-axis).
Basically, we can conclude that:
The study was conducted in 2006, but here's a more recent and interesting submission to the /r/DataIsBeautiful subreddit by Redditor celacanto.
The chart below shows the average amount of money contributed for a liter of milk (X-axis) and what picture was up in each week (Y-axis).
Basically, we can conclude that:
- Seductive eyes do not appear to be substantially more likely to compel someone to pony up.
- A neutral or angry expression does move the dial
- A creepy guy staring at you makes it increase substantially, case in point, creepy old guy.