That feeling you get when you know someone looks at you...

I have always wondered about that strange feeling you get when someone
looks at you; I mean not when you're actually looking at them, but
when you are just looking casually somewhere else, into space... And
then you suddenly get this instinct feeling to turn your head
sideways, and it's like by magic your eyes just find and meet another
person's, like you just suddenly become aware that someone is looking
at you and unconsciously you look back at them, and then a second
afterwards you realize they were looking at you, too.

And it's even more strange when it happens the other way round; like
taking the scenario of driving on the road, when I'm in the car and
looking at someone else; another person who is in the car driving
alongside the one I am in. And it's freaky, how you look at them and
they suddenly turn their head towards you, as though they had felt
your presence all along and knew you were looking at them.

So the big question I've always thought being: Why does this happen?
And does anyone else have this sort of experience? Most people I know
have had the same sort of thing happen, lots of times as well. May be
it could be something like the eyes send out some kind of light, which
the receptor's body is sensitive to, or it might be an electromagnetic
ray which hasn't yet been discovered in science, or something amazing
like that. Could anyone else please tell me, if they know why it
happens, or can guess?

 

I have always wondered about that strange feeling you get when someone
looks at you; I mean not when you're actually looking at them, but
when you are just looking casually somewhere else, into space... And
then you suddenly get this instinct feeling to turn your head
sideways, and it's like by magic your eyes just find and meet that
person's, where you just suddenly become aware that someone is looking
at you and unconsciously you look back at them, and then a second
afterwards you realize they were looking at you, too.

And it's even more strange when it happens the other way round; like
taking the scenario of driving on the road, when I'm in the car and
looking at someone else; another person who is in the car driving
alongside the one I am in. And it's freaky, how you look at them and
they suddenly turn their head towards you, as though they had felt
your presence all along and knew you were looking at them.

So the big question I've always thought being: Why does this happen?
And does anyone else have this sort of experience? Most people I know
have had the same sort of thing happen, lots of times as well. May be
it could be something like the eyes send out some kind of light, which
the receptor's body is sensitive to, or it might be an electromagnetic
ray which hasn't yet been discovered in science, or something amazing
like that. Could anyone else please tell me, if they know why it
happens, or can guess?

 

Sorry. Rishi Giovanni Gatti (Zetsu), Lena102938, and Otis Brown are
trolls who haunt s.m.v.

Rishi has published, and is trying to sell worthless books.

Otis is pathologically dishonest and actually hurts people.
Following his advice can induce double vision in those
not working closely with an eye doctor.

Lena102938 uses anti-eye doctor rhetoric as a substitute for ANY
actual information. It seems she now has to wear glasses and has
developed a pathological (and ILLOGICAL) resentment toward the
industry that "foisted these glasses upon her."

You'd do well to ignore them and wait for responses from the
caring, compassionate eye doctors who DO also participate in this site.

 

Look into the sun or some bright lights for a few hours and you'll
have nothing to worry about.

Take your own advice.

 

It's not that I am worried, I am just really curious how come this
happens. Does it has something to do with light rays? Please does
anyone know?

 

Sorry. Rishi Giovanni Gatti (Zetsu), Lena102938, and Otis Brown are
trolls who haunt s.m.v.

Rishi has published, and is trying to sell worthless books.

Otis is pathologically dishonest and actually hurts people.
Following his advice can induce double vision in those
not working closely with an eye doctor.

Lena102938 uses anti-eye doctor rhetoric as a substitute for ANY
actual information. It seems she now has to wear glasses and has
developed a pathological (and ILLOGICAL) resentment toward the
industry that "foisted these glasses upon her."

You'd do well to ignore them and wait for responses from the
caring, compassionate eye doctors who DO also participate in this site.

 

Coincidence. People look around at different things all the time and
sometimes two people end up looking at each other. Since most
consider it rude to stare at another person, both people feel
uncomfortable at having been found out.

The magaizine "Skeptical Inquirer" http://www.csicop.org/si/ (Zetsu,
you should try reading it instead of Bates) published a study about
this a few years ago. They had subjects sit in a cafeteria and had
other students randomly stare at the backs of their heads for a minute
then stop. The subjects were then asked every so often if they could
feel the stare. Turned out that they couldn't: they said they felt a
stare when someone wasn't staring and missed feeling actual stares
about as often as they were correct, exactly as expected by chance.

Judy

 

Wow that's really cool, thank you Dr.Judy, for polite reply.

I just didn't think it was coincidence at first because it happens to
me and it happens to my friends as well, like ALL the time! But yes,
it is coincidence probably! So much for my crazy eyes-which-emit-
special-light-ray theory, haha.

 

Link to the article

http://www.csicop.org/si/2000-03/stare.html

Judy

 

however much the study shows that it was coincidence, i have woken up
because of feeling watched. even though someone enters the room
quietly and does not create any other reason for you to become aware
of their presence, a person still often wakes up. i think the study
might be skewed because of the expectation that arises from being in a
study group. unfortunately i have no idea why this occurs.

 

Hi,

That's why I asked! =D

I can really relate to your experience, like when someone enters the
room really quietly but you already know that they are there. 'Sixth
sense', or 'crap coincidence'?

 

Hi,

I think it might be a defense mechanism the body has developed.
Because back when man had to live in caves and stuff, it meant that
there might come predators (wolves, bears, etc.) and they have to be
ready and wake up quickly from the sleep in case something tries to
hunt them.