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If I came up alongside them without looking at them they would not snap their head to look at me. Most of the time drivers do not look at the driver in the car

If I came up alongside them without looking at them they would not snap their head to look at me. Most of the time drivers do not look at the driver in the car next to them. However, if I came up alongside them while looking at them, most of the time they seemed to be able to sense they were being looked at and turn to look at me. This article describes one situation of sensing when someone stares at you: https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/why-is-it-you-can-sense-when-someones-staring-at-you/ https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/why-is-it-you-can-se... However, in the situation I describe, they are looking at the road ahead and not noticing me or where I might be looking. They seemed to be able to sense that I was looking at them before they even noticed that I was there.

hutzlibu 4y ago
"However, in the situation I describe, they are looking at the road ahead and not noticing me or where I might be looking. " There is something called peripheral vision https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_vision https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_vision If there is a movement in the corner of the eyes, like someone turning their head towards you, you can spot it subconsciously, or if you trained it a bit, consciously.
- labrador 4y ago
  Yes, I'm aware of that. That's why I experimented with being further behind out of their peripheral vision
rendall 4y ago
> If I came up alongside them without looking at them they would not snap their head to look at me. How did you know they were not looking at you if you were not looking at them? I suspect the answer to the mystery lies here.
- labrador 4y ago
  I could see them in my peripheral vision. As long as I did not stare at them they did seem to mind
  - rendall 4y ago
    Yes. Peripheral vision! That's it! Ok. Solved. They used their peripheral vision. When you looked at them they saw it, and would look at you
to1y 4y ago
My gut tells me 1.) We are very good at recognising if something/someone is looking at us, 2.) Our peripheral vision is wider than we realise and information from it somehow goes straight to the unconscious mind. That being said I don't think some sort of telepathic phenomenon happening here would be the strangest thing in this universe

hutzlibu 4y ago

"However, in the situation I describe, they are looking at the road ahead and not noticing me or where I might be looking. " There is something called peripheral vision https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_vision https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_vision If there is a movement in the corner of the eyes, like someone turning their head towards you, you can spot it subconsciously, or if you trained it a bit, consciously.

labrador 4y ago
Yes, I'm aware of that. That's why I experimented with being further behind out of their peripheral vision

rendall 4y ago

> If I came up alongside them without looking at them they would not snap their head to look at me. How did you know they were not looking at you if you were not looking at them? I suspect the answer to the mystery lies here.

labrador 4y ago
I could see them in my peripheral vision. As long as I did not stare at them they did seem to mind
- rendall 4y ago
  Yes. Peripheral vision! That's it! Ok. Solved. They used their peripheral vision. When you looked at them they saw it, and would look at you

to1y 4y ago

My gut tells me 1.) We are very good at recognising if something/someone is looking at us, 2.) Our peripheral vision is wider than we realise and information from it somehow goes straight to the unconscious mind. That being said I don't think some sort of telepathic phenomenon happening here would be the strangest thing in this universe