>I was talking with someone on Zoom the other day, and I noticed that she would generally look at the camera while listening to me but often look away while talking.
I do this in Zooms and in person, and have done so for many years. Before talking with someone for the first time, I always let them know that I zone out when talking or thinking about what they're saying.
From the linked article:
> “I got flagged quite a few times for moving, or taking a second and looking away while thinking,” says Olivia Eskritt, a second-year student at St. Clair College....
I was talking with someone on Zoom the other day, and I noticed that she would generally look at the camera while listening to me but often look away while talking. I know that she wasn’t reading something or looking at somebody else in the room; she was just concentrating on what she said, and it was easier for her to do so when she wasn’t looking at my face on the screen.
I’ve never analyzed videos of myself talking, but I suspect that my eyes also tend to wander when I’m thinking hard about something. I can’t imagine having to try to control the direction my gaze when taking a test.