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

Discussion in 'Optometry Archives' started by Zetsu, Sep 19, 2007.

  1. Zetsu

    Zetsu Guest

    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?
     
    Zetsu, Sep 19, 2007
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  2. Zetsu

    Zetsu Guest

    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?
     
    Zetsu, Sep 19, 2007
    #2
  3. Zetsu

    Neil Brooks Guest

    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.
     
    Neil Brooks, Sep 19, 2007
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  4. Zetsu

    Guest Guest



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

    Take your own advice.
     
    Guest, Sep 20, 2007
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  5. Zetsu

    Zetsu Guest

    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?
     
    Zetsu, Sep 20, 2007
    #5
  6. Zetsu

    Neil Brooks Guest

    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.
     
    Neil Brooks, Sep 20, 2007
    #6
  7. Zetsu

    Dr Judy Guest

    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
     
    Dr Judy, Sep 20, 2007
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  8. Zetsu

    Zetsu Guest

    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.
     
    Zetsu, Sep 20, 2007
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  9. Zetsu

    Dr Judy Guest

    Link to the article

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

    Judy
     
    Dr Judy, Sep 20, 2007
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  10. Zetsu

    rmfspicer Guest

    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.
     
    rmfspicer, Sep 22, 2007
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  11. Zetsu

    Zetsu Guest

    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'?
     
    Zetsu, Sep 23, 2007
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  12. Zetsu

    Zetsu Guest

    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.
     
    Zetsu, Sep 23, 2007
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