What sensations do people experience when they stare into the eyes?

In this hectic world We don’t usually stop to enjoy the little things in life. Looking into each other’s eyes should be one of the most beautiful experiences of our existence and many times we don’t take the time to do it.

In this article we will tell you about two experiments that will leave you amazed. The goal in both is similar: look directly into each other’s eyes for a certain period. The reactions and sensations of focusing only our attention on the other’s gaze are great.

Look a stranger in the eyes

Let’s take as an example that you are on the subway heading to work. Bored, you look around, perhaps looking for a familiar face or thinking about what will become of the life of each of your traveling companions. Suddenly your gaze meets that of another passenger. What is the first reaction? Of course, look the other way or hang your head in shame. What would happen if both of you held your gaze for a few seconds? It would surely start to catch your attention!

This typical situation was the initial step to an experiment called “Looks” where 20 people who did not know each other were brought togetherthey were paired up at random and given a simple instruction: look into each other’s eyes for a few minutes while the cameras filmed you… and let yourself go.

One look was enough to awaken all kinds of sensations in the participants.: knowing laughter, blushing on the cheeks, nervous smiles and even tachycardia or sweat in the hands. Keeping your eyes fixed on each other’s caused a series of feelings that neither could explain with words.

Happiness, excitement and even love was what was expressed in those looks. Many of them even kissed passionately! At the end of the test, each one had to say what they felt in those strange minutes.

The majority defined it as something they had never expected, some spoke of love at first sight and others of the level of complicity they had established with the hitherto unknown… The conclusion is that Many times it is enough to pay attention to others to find what we are looking for. We simply have to look around us more. We share the video of the experiment so you can see it yourself:

Look your partner in the eyes

In movies we see scenes where the protagonists look at each other for long minutes and everything seems to be so magical… Why doesn’t that happen in real life? Why don’t we allow it!

No matter how long you’ve been with that special someone, Think about when was the last time you looked at each other? without anything else of interest. How long does it take you to find the answer…

Another experiment similar to the previous one wanted to verify that looking directly into each other’s eyes increases the level of intimacy in couples. In the test, these two people had to keep their gaze on each other for 4 minutes, without speaking. The range of relationships was so wide that it also included one with strangers. There were also courtships, first dates and even a marriage that had been together for 55 years.

At the end of the scheduled time it is interesting to analyze the reactions and statements of each of them. They all indicated that they felt closer to their partners, that love had been “reborn.” and that they didn’t understand why they didn’t look into each other’s eyes more often. Even the stranger couple began dating after the experiment and got married months later. Here is the video for you to enjoy:

What would you feel if you looked your partner in the eyes for a few minutes? Without fights, without thinking about problems or money, without anything or anyone bothering them… perhaps you would realize that in those small emotions is true love and the complicity that is talked about so much. A simple look is enough to rediscover the purest emotions we can experience.

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