Title: Ever Feel Like Being Watched? Science Reveals Why and How It Happens - Learning Mind
Headings: Ever Feel Like Being Watched? Science Reveals Why and How It Happens
Ever Feel Like Being Watched? Science Reveals Why and How It Happens
Do you ever feel like you are being watched?
If you think you are being watched, you probably are
We are programmed to notice where a person looks
We pay attention to what people look at
The spotlight is always on me
Blindsight – it’s all in the brain
Janey Davies, B.A. (Hons)
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Content: It’s unsettling to think that someone is watching you. Some of you might put it down to a sixth sense, or type of psychic ability. However, there is a scientific explanation. And it all lies within the brain. If you think you are being watched, you probably are
Has ‘a feeling of being watched’ ever been studied? Well, the subject piqued the interest of one scientist. Dr. Edward Titchener worked in the late part of the 1800’s and was one of the first to study this phenomenon. He said: “We are all of us more or less ‘nervous’ about our backs.” Edward Titchener
In other words, we worry that someone looks at us.