The sense of being stared at
Title: The sense of being stared at
Category: /Social Sciences/Psychology
Details: Words: 647 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
The sense of being stared at
Category: /Social Sciences/Psychology
Details: Words: 647 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
The sense of being stared at Have you ever had the feeling that someone is looking at you even though you can't see him or her? Many people have had the urge to turn round due to the feeling that someone is looking at them from behind, and then when they look they see that they were correct. Surveys carried out by Braud, Shaffer and Andrews (1990) showed that 70 and 97% respectively of the population of Europe
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shown that the participants were, more often then not, able to state whether they were being looked at or not.
From all of the previous research into this topic, it is easy to assume that the differing views of each researcher affect the end results of the experiment.
References Sheldrake, R. (1998) The Sense of Being Stared at: Experiment in Schools. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 62: 311-323 Tozer, Dana (1996) Staring Detection. Franklin Pierce College