Watching peoples eyebrow's move when they talk?

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Lately I have become fixated on watching peoples eyebrow's when they talk. I just can't seem to be able to stop doing it. People tell me to stop staring at them. I'm noticing that some people move them more the others and some people don't move them at all. I know I move mine allot because I crinkle my forehead allot. Does anyone else have this problem?

You'd have a field day watching me ...

It sounds like it's a good alternative to eye-contact. You're not giving eye-contact, but to the person you're talking to, it would seem that you were I think?

I raise my eye-brows and crease my forehead a lot when I talk apparently, my mum told me that I did it a lot at christmas and that it made me look odd...

I haven't done it before, but I'm gonna start now.

I actually find this interesting!

That would require me to actually look at people.

Yep, do it all the time but it can get very distracting to the point where I stop actually hearing what people are saying.

I'm always looking at people's mouths when they talk. It's like I have to lip read or something.

I usually look at eyebrows when watching series/movies. It helps discern which emotion they're feeling and what they're trying to say. Also, it's very fun to see all the ups and downs of eyebrows. They're silly!

I've been told that when you stare at a person's eyebrows or forehead, it looks like you are looking in their eyes so they probably don't even know that you are staring at their eyebrows.

Speaking of eye contact, how long is a person supposed to look at someone before looking away? I've noticed that when people talk, they look for awhile and then look away. Do you look away when you are talking to the person and then look at them when they are talking to you; that seems to be the pattern. Then you get someone who looks right at you when they are talking to you, like they are trying to stare you down and it is just unnerving looking at them. They say the eyes are the window to the soul. Any thoughts?

I personally tend to look either not at the person at all or at the mouth/nose area. So I don't notice people's eyebrows.

That's something I do on purpose! I focus on eyebrows, bridge of nose, glasses frames etc. when I am trying to consciously make people think I am giving continuous eye contact. It's an adaptive trick I've learned.

I learned to watch lips to avoid eye contact. Just like your observation about eyebrow movement, I've noticed that there are people who talk without moving their upper lip. It really creeps me out.