Why do you sometimes simply ‘feel’ that somebody is looking at you?

Question

Why do you sometimes simply ‘feel’ that somebody is looking at you?

In: Biology

Answer 1

When we see someone’s face, even if we just see it out of the corner of our eye, our brain tries to figure it where they are looking. We may not know our brain is doing it, but it does. So, when our brain decides they are looking at us, we notice it. But because the part of the brain that figures this out is connected to other parts that deal with touch, we get a feeling in multiple systems.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-narcissus-in-all-us/201102/how-you-know-eyes-are-watching-you