sleepingtigers:

Doe Eyes:  

A softening of the eyes, with relaxing of muscles around them and a slight defocusing as the person tries to take in the whole person. It often indicates sexual desire, particularly if the gaze is prolonged and the pupils are dilated. The eyes may also appear shiny. 

Making Eye Contact: 

Looking at a person acknowledges them and shows that you’re interested in them, particularly if you look in their eyes. Looking at a person’s eyes also lets you know where they are looking. We are amazingly good at detecting what they are looking at and can detect even a brief glance at parts of our body. 

Breaking Eye Contact: 

Prolonged eye contact can be threatening, so in conversation we frequently look away and back again. Breaking eye contact can indicate that something has just been said that makes the person not want to sustain eye contact, for example: they are insulted, they’ve been found out, they feel threatened, etc. This might also happen when the person thinks something that causes internal discomfort. Looking at a person, breaking eye contact, and then looking immediately back at them is a classic flirting action, particularly with the head held low in suggested submission.

Long Eye Contact: 

Eye contact longer than normal can have several different meanings. Eye contact often increases significantly when we are listening, and especially when we’re paying close attention to what the other person is saying. Less eye contact is used when talking, particularly by people who are visual thinkers as they stare into the distance or upwards. We also look more at people we like and like people who look at us more. When done with doe eyes and smiles, it is a sign of attraction. Lovers will stare into each others eyes for a long period. An attraction signal that’s more commonly used by women is to hold the other person’s gaze for about three seconds. Then look down for a second or two and then look back up again. If the person is still looking, they’re rewarded with a coy smile or a slight widening of the eyes. When done without blinking, contracted pupils, and an immobile face, this can indicate domination, aggression, and use of power. Sometimes liars, knowing that low eye contact is a sign of lying, will over-compensate and look at you for a longer than usual period.

Limited Eye Contact: 

When a person makes very little eye contact, they may be feeling insecure. They may also be lying and not want to be detected.