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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

Another interesting thing I once read is that there are apparently subconscious cultural norms for things like eye contact.

Many Americans visiting Europe report that they often feel stared at, which is caused by a minuscule difference in how long it is appropriate to meet someone's gaze, for example when walking in public and looking at a stranger. Apparently Americans look somewhere else a fraction of a second earlier, and this tiny difference makes them feel stared at.