How are humans able to “sense” we are being watched?
In: Biology
Not by any “supernatural” means. But the brain can pick up subtle clues that there is somebody nearby that, individually, do not make it through the pipeline to our alert-presence cortex, but can “simmer” a bit in the depth of the brain and then in sum generate a conscious feeling that there might be somebody nearby. This can be subtle sounds, even breathing, or rustles of clothes, or the smell of a person, things like that.
And our primordial prey-brain will then start to think that there might be a predator nearby watching us. Which is why we identify the feeling of it the way we do.
Disclaimer: this is my “informed” opinion based on a general science background, I am not a behavior expert nor have I read anything specific about this.
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