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: Therefore, it stands to reason that people will want to look at us. What we fail to realise is that everyone is important in their own right. Studies prove that when it comes to eye contact, we do think everyone is looking at us. Even when a person is wearing sunglasses and we can’t see where they are looking, we assume we are the target. So going back to Titchener, who said we are all afraid of our backs, or something like that. If we think a person wearing sunglasses is looking at us, it’s not surprising that we assume everyone else does. And this is where the feeling of being watched comes from. We think someone is looking at us, even though the chances they really are not. Blindsight – it’s all in the brain
Finally, if you don’t agree with any of the above, I’d like to offer you some respite. One study took a patient, known as TN, who was cortically blind.