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: This meant he had an injury to the part of his brain that dealt with vision. His eyes were fine, it was his brain that could not process the images sent from the eyes. The study used an assortment of pictures of people’s faces. Faces in some of the pictures looked straight ahead, in others they turned away. TN couldn’t actually see the pictures. However, pictures with faces turned at him caused a spike in brain activity associated with threats and arousal. As TN demonstrated, clearly we don’t need to actually ‘see’ to feel threatened. It is quite possible that our other senses may have a role in detecting a threat, outside of our vision. So, next time you are being watched, ask yourself, do you worry a lot or do you pay undue attention to others? Or, could it be that you’re a little bit self-centred, just like the rest of us?