Dog owners often talk about their pets like they're part of the family. In fact, it often seems as though the family pooch is seen as another one of the kids. Now, scientists have found that the ...

Forget elaborate dating strategies or lengthy philosophical discussions; groundbreaking research suggests that holding someone's gaze for just 60 to 120 seconds can dramatically deepen trust, foster ...

A recent Pew study reveals that 8 in 10 American Muslims fast in Ramadan. While many know that Muslims abstain from food sunrise to sunset, few may know the effects this has on day-to-day social ...

What is the neuroscience behind making eye contact? Why does looking deeply into someone's eyes feel like opening a window into his or her soul? Why do some people have difficulty making eye contact?

Eduardo Velloso receives funding from the Victorian State Government and Microsoft through his contributions to the Microsoft Research Centre for Social Natural User Interfaces (SocialNUI) and from ...

Harriet Dempsey-Jones does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

Apple on Tuesday was granted a patent for an advanced gaze-tracking graphical user interface that could one day see implementation in Macs, iPhones, iPads or even a future version of the Apple TV. As ...

For three months in the spring of 2010, New York City's Museum of Modern Art hosted an event called The Artist is Present, during which performance artist Marina Abramovic sat silently in a chair for ...

In his book on basketball great Bill Bradley, writer John McPhee proposed that Bradley's greatest asset had little to do with speed, strength or agility. It had to do, McPhee proposed, with his eyes.