Audiences prefer speakers who use eye contact behaviors that scan the audience, making each member or section of the audience feel like the speaker has addressed them specifically. This knowledge falls under the category of _______, or the study of the use of the eyes to communicate.
A) proxemics
B) kinesics
C) chronemics
D) oculesics

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The study of the use of the eyes to communicate is called oculesics. Proxemics is the study of personal space and distance between people, kinesics is the study of body language, and chronemics is the study of time and how it is used in communication.

Audiences Prefer Speakers Who Use Eye Contact Behaviors That Scan