does anybody look at mouthes instead of eyes?

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I did, say 8-10 years a go, look mainly at the mouth when someone was talking. Though for the present situation I'm uncertain, I know that people perceive what I do as making eye contact. Atleast nobody makes comment about it, the first time my social worker (best translation I guess) noticed I made eye contact, but she was more familiar with Aspies.

About the eye contact itself, I do it say 25% of the time (in a conversation) consciously, about the other 75% I haven't got a clue. I doubt, if someone would look carefully, that it wouldn't be really the 'normal way' (assuming such way would exist). I maybe should ask someone, as I'm quite curious about it.

That is probably the reason why I have learned to make eye contact. I think that it makes some conversations easier. Although it is too long ago and a too slow process to really know, learning these things isn't instantaneous it takes a lot of time.

i've never felt comfortable looking into peoples eyes and when i do it is only fleetingly. when i am being spoken to i end up looking at their mouths. i used to look over peoples shoulders but this often resulted in people turning round to see what i was looking at.

I do it, too. It's a very common Aspie thing.

I also look at the mouth, but especially when there are other noises around. I guess lip reading helps me out then, because I can't tune out all the other noises.

When I was little my Mum taught me to look at the bridge of someone's nose so that it would appear I was making eye contact. Other strategies are to look at the mouth, and try to read lips, Or simply to take my glasses off so that what I'm looking at doesn't appear so intense.

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Yes. In my case, it's due primarily to central auditory processing disorder - CAPD (so I look at the mouth to help lip read partially).

Am ADHD Inattentive.

http://www.ericdigests.org/2003-5/auditory.htm
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/voice/auditory.html

I do look at people's mouths. Less stressful than eye contact and gets people under the impression that you are actually linterested in what they are saying.

I always look near the face.

I have to read lips otherwise if other noises occur, I don't understand what the person fully said.

I used to be self conscious thinking people knew I wasn't looking into their eyes but have learned that nobody can tell. So that eliminates some stress.

I tend to listen to their voices and the tone of them. I know, it's weird, but I just feel more comfortable listening to the voices.

I look at mouths.... and breasts.....

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I look at the eyes a little too much - my psychologist says my eye movements are "studied and not natural" - until I have to answer a question, then I look away. I need to look at a blank space, or at something calm, or close my eyes, to concentrate on the answer. That tends to annoy psych-type people when they ask "how are you feeling", and get a thoughtful response instead of the usual blurt.

Look me in the mouth topic

I like to watch the lips, and see the configuration of the teeth.

Me too. I know how toothy people are and how much of an overbite or underbite they have. Whether they're coffee drinkers, or smokers.

I also look at peoples hair a lot. I actually notice when people get haircuts.

I usually look at people's mouths. The eyes hurt too much

Also, I have trouble knowing what they are saying if the room is noisy, so I have to read their lips anyway. Otherwise they sound like they are speaking gibberish.

I remember reading about a test that showed that autistic people look at mouths when they are watching a movie or TV instead of the eyes. I know I do that. If I try to look at the characters' eyes I find it's more difficult for me to follow what they are saying. I try to look at the eyes consciously now when I watch TV, and I have found that some actors are more attractive than I thought, because they have particularly lovely eyes, or that in some cases their expressions are more intense than I had realized when I was only looking at their mouths.