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From: Brenda Fisher, an Indiana University of Pennsylvania Student
Date: 10/6/03
Time: 8:48:55 PM
Remote Name: 209.161.70.62
Mr. Mackesey,
I am a student at IUP, studying Speech-Language Pathology. I found your article on Eye Contact Aversion very interesting, especially the part in which you discussed the patterns of eye accessing cues.
I have read that one can tell if another person is lying by observing their eye movements. Perhaps this is loosely (or mistakenly) based on the eye assessment cues - specifically, looking right when creating dialogue.
As mentioned in your article, when you modeled stuttering without eye contact for your clients, they thought you were "afraid, uncomfortable, and scared." Have any clients ever suggested that you appeared untruthful when breaking eye contact? Have they expressed concern that they come across as such when they break eye contact?
I hope I'm not adding new insecurities by suggesting this! I was just curious as to whether this ever came up in discussing eye contact with a client.
Thank you!
Brenda Fisher