Eye contact In human beings, eye contact is a form of nonverbal communication and is thought to have a large influence on social behavior. Coined in the early to mid-1960s, the term has come in the West to often define the act as a meaningful and important sign of confidence and social communication.
Eye contract
To make eye contact with the driver in the lane you are attempting to merge with. "You have to let the person in if you make an eye contract."