--- title: "What does it mean when people move their eyes from side to side repeatedly while talking?" description: "What does it mean when people move their eyes from side to side repeatedly while talking?" author: "nitya singh" published: 2018-03-09 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/37728/what-does-it-mean-when-people-move-their-eyes-from-side-to-side-repeatedly-while-talking category: "human behaviour" tags: ["human behavior"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # What does it mean when people move their eyes from side to side repeatedly while talking? What does it [mean](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/161423/how-does-angular-handle-dependency-injection-and-why-is-it-important-in-a-mean-application) when [people](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2295/more-people-need-to-monitor-this-crucial-metric-for-heart-health) move their eyes from side to side repeatedly while talking? \ ## Answers ### Answer by Saddiya Anwar Nonverbal communication like eye contact or eye movement always gives some cues which helps us in comprehending that what's the second person is wanting to convey. ![What does it mean when people move their eyes from side to side repeatedly while talking?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/fd2fed1a-80a8-4320-b0e1-1a72e1d8a353/images/872c9432-269b-4686-9bfb-ec4cc5fef095.jpeg) Eye movements and other gestures have different impact in different cultures. Constant eye contact in some parts of the world is understood as uncomfortable indication while in some regions it is taken as good indication of high confidence. Though it feels uncomfortable when person doesn't make sensible eye contact while talking. Repeated movement of eye from side to side while having conversation suggest that a person is thinking about something which is not the part of conversation. That person is not interested in a talk with you or in the case of confrontation, he is avoiding eye contact. ![What does it mean when people move their eyes from side to side repeatedly while talking?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/fd2fed1a-80a8-4320-b0e1-1a72e1d8a353/images/9c8aae96-4a32-43fa-802b-a26270f152f3.png) **Other reasons :** May be the person having eye defect. It can be someone's habit. May be their eyeballs rest that way and were trying to bring in centre so that they could mimic you. May be counting people passing by seems to be more interesting than your [conversation](https://answers.mindstick.com/). May be the person is uncomfortable. \ Read More at : /answers.mindstick.com --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/37728/what-does-it-mean-when-people-move-their-eyes-from-side-to-side-repeatedly-while-talking Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.