How Can We Feel That Someone Is Watching Us?

When we are walking on the street, sitting in a cafe or walking around the park, in short, when we are in a place with a lot of people, sometimes we feel uneasy. We can’t understand why at first, and this drives us even more. restless it does.

Then we have a feeling: ‘Am I being watched?‘We’ve all been through this. The feeling that two pairs of eyes are staring at us while we’re sitting somewhere, even if we can’t see them. The strangest thing is that this feeling It also finds the equivalent of 90%Indeed, someone is spying on us. alright How do we know that someone is watching us? Today we will answer this question.

This may be because people have a common sense.

According to neurological studies, the level of perception of vision by brain cells is quite sharp. if someone if he turns his eyes away from you even a little bit this feeling disappears immediately. Perceiving gazes is the product of a very complex neural network, according to scientists.

Studies have not yet discovered which neural network controls this perception in humans, but detecting threats amygdala part of It is thought to be related to perception of gaze. The reason for this is when a person in front of us turns his attention to something. that we automatically look in that direction.

The only reason for this is not only our hunting instincts from the past, but also as humans. discreet that we are beings. When people are in groups, they have tremendous common sense and they can feel and think the same and this is something that has been around since our prehistoric ancestors. ‘What are you talking about, Mr. Webtekno?‘, so you can say:

According to some parts of the scientific world, this is why you feel like someone is watching you. common sense and that people can have the same feelings as each other. Humanity since prehistory our development, our social nature and our collaborative nature may cause us to perceive this feeling.

The structure of the eye also plays a big role

In the previous subsection, we mentioned that perceiving the gaze of others is related to a neurological process in the brain. not just the brain. Our eyes are also specially shaped to sense the gaze directed at us.

The eye structure of humans is different from almost all other living things. surrounding the pupil sclera The area is very large and it is completely white that others makes it easy to distinguish the direction of gaze. The sclera of many animals, unlike humans, is smaller and the pupil occupies a larger part of the eye, so they can hide their gaze from their prey. Since this is not the case with humans We can sense the gaze even if we are not aware of it..

How exactly do we feel when someone is looking at us?

It’s often easy for us to tell if someone is looking at us, as the human eye is optimized for easy perception of gaze. For example, if someone sitting directly across from you on the train is looking at you, without looking directly at them. you can sense the direction of their gaze. Such views are only we can detect within four degrees of our central point of view.

Of course, it doesn’t need to be directly within a four-degree angle. To be able to tell when someone is looking at us from the peripheral point of view our brain can also combine several elements. For example, people the last position we saw of their heads or your movement (like turning towards us) our brain by combining It can make us feel like they’re looking at us.

Even when the potential audience is in the dark or wearing sunglasses, we can sense head or body movements because our brains combine it. Of course, this feeling is not always right. In some situations, people are more likely to have other people look at them. exaggerated appeared. Here is the threat perception part of the brain that we talked about earlier. amygdala comes into play, and even if it isn’t, someone It creates the impression that it is watching us and prepares it for possible threats..

So what is the feeling that someone behind us is watching us?

What about the feeling that someone out of your field of vision, for example, behind you, is watching us? Is it really possible to feel it? This has actually been a topic of scientific research for a long time. Some studies have 94% of one on them the look you feel and they turn their backs to find out that they are really being watched and that they found someone following them transmits.

This is actually an unconscious is prejudice. if if you feel you are being watched and if you turn your back to check someone else in your field of view may notice that you are looking around and he can turn his gaze towards you, As we said, humans are rational beings. When you look at the person you see when you turn your back you assume this person has been looking at you all along.

Actually, that’s what it’s all about. These types of situations are different from situations where you look around and can’t find someone looking after you. is more memorable. So if you ever feel like someone you can’t see is watching you again, remember that your mind is playing tricks on you it could be.