That feeling that someone is watching you.

            Something makes you turn and see someone watching you. Perhaps on a busy train, or at night, or when you’re strolling through the park. How did you know you were being watched? 

It can feel like an intuition which is separate from your senses, but really it demonstrates that your senses – particularly vision – can work in mysterious ways.

Intuitively, many of us might imagine that when you look at something with your eyes, signals travel to your visual cortex and then you have the conscious experience of seeing it, but the reality is far weirder.

Once information leaves our eyes it travels to at least 10 distinct brain areas, each with their own specialised functions. 

Many of us have heard of the visual cortex, a large region at the back of the brain which gets most attention from neuroscientists. 

The visual cortex supports our conscious vision, processing colour and fine detail to help produce the rich impression of the world. But other parts of our brain are also processing different pieces of information, and these can be working away even when we don't – or can't – consciously perceive something.

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Camera: Sony ILCE-6300, f/4.0, 1/400 sec, 90mm (=135mm), ISO 320 (more info) (hide info)

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Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	90mm (35mm equivalent: 135mm)
ISO:	320
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.6 (Windows)
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