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The Science Behind Your Weird Thoughts and Habits & Your Power to Influence Others

Something You Should Know

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Is Your Eyes Really Watching You?

Research suggests 94% of people feel like they're being stared at. But when you look up, you discover that it's true - and this has been studied for hundreds of years. Our brains might be absolutely hardwired to recognise when someone is looking at us even if our eyes don't see it. The idea came from a study of a man who was known in the literature as 'T-N' He had suffered two strokes but his brain still recognised faces on a monitor. So we've evolved to be so finely tuned to when somebody is looking atWe may not actually have to see with our own eyes.

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