Major cultural differences occur in eye contact,body motions,touch and perceptions of time and space. Although a majority of people in the United States and other Western cultures expect those with whom they communicating to"look them in the eye",as Samovar and Porter conclude in their review of research,direct eye contact is not a custom throughout the world.For instance in Japan,people are not to be taught to look another in the eye but at a position around the Adam's apple.Chinese,Indonesians,and ruralMajor cultural differences occur in eye contact, body motions, touch and perceptions of time and space. Although a majority of people in the United States and other Western cultures expect those with whom they communicating to “look them in the eye”, as Samovar and Porter conclude in their review of research, direct eye contact is not a custom throughout the world. For instance, in Japan, people are not to be taught to look another in the eye but at a position around the Adam’s apple. Chinese, Indonesians, and rural