You know that look… when someone is staring into the distance, but not looking at anything in particular. Sometimes associated with deep thought — or a complete absence of thought! You wave your hands in front of their eyes: “anybody there?” — then they snap back to reality.
Why do humans do that? What’s happening to the eyes, exactly, that we recognize that “look” as such? Is there an actual term for it? What’s the relationship between the brain and the eyes in that context?
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We pick up a lot of little details we are not fully aware of when interacting with people. Unconsciously tracking what other people are looking at, their facial expressions and it’s changes, and body language all play roles in a person to person conversation.
When someone’s eyes are unfocused, because they are too lost in their own minds, they don’t have the slightly crossed eyed effect of looking at something in their general vicinity. Their faces are often slack and their eyes are not moving around like someone being aware of their surroundings
This gives the impression they are staring at something far far away, when really they are not looking at anything or really aware of what they are looking at.
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