How do you know when someone is staring at you?
Try staring at someone for a few seconds and more than likely they’ll turn around and look at you. Why is that? And how is that?
I’ve noticed this many times. If someone’s looking at me I invariably feel that and I can even feel which direction the “stare” is coming from. 
I’ve also tried this with many different people. I pick someone and try staring at them for about 5 seconds or more. Most of these are people that are not looking straight at me or coming toward me. They’re either standing/walking perpendicular to me so I can see their side profile, or they have their backs towards me, so walking/standing with their backs to me.
I’d say that more than 90% of the people can feel that I’m staring and they turn and look at me.
It’s just one of those things that I’ve noticed but haven’t really thought about as to the why! I’m sure there is some explanation to it but I don’t know yet. Hmm…
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June 23rd, 2009 at 1:07 pm
I know exactly what you mean, Ricky.
I believe it all comes down to our primitive instincts which ‘civilisation’ has tried to remove – and failed. Possibly it is a survival instinct. It may be related to the ability animals and young children have to instinctively like or dislike people. This is something I have experienced myself (does that make me a child or an animal?).
There is so much of our minds we know nothing about – maybe it’s time we did.
By the way, I understand the ability to detect someone staring is one particularly acute in women. It is one of the distinct differences between the sexes. I guess it comes under the heading of ‘feminine intuition’ but it is no ruddy good when you stare at a pretty girl, hoping she won’t see you, and she turns around and looks you straight in the eyes. Doh! In my experience this happens 100% of the time. I’m amazed I haven’t been arrested yet.
Check out Australian psychologist Allan Pease who is a bit of an authority on this subject (www.peaseinternational.com).
June 23rd, 2009 at 1:27 pm
I always enjoy your comments Keith. You actually contribute to the subject whenever you comment and I appreciate that.
I’ll keep that as one of my future experiments.
I think you’re right about our instincts. I wonder what would happen if we are more in tune with our instincts.
Only one way to find out!
And it makes sense for it to be a survival instinct. I’ll check out the link you gave.