We humans are social creatures. We form our world views, our understanding of reality, based on information and cues we receive from others in our social groups, especially our families and closest circles of friends. How does this alignment of world views happen? Probably in lots of little ways, and probably gradually rather than all at once.
In this study reported by McKay and colleagues, the researchers showed that something as basic as where we look is influenced by where others are looking. Moreover, their meta-analysis of data from 4,239 participants showed that people were most likely to look where others were looking when they first made direct eye-to-eye contact with each other.
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Dr Martin Fracker 