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That Feeling of Being Watched in the Dark Has a Scientific Name
Original: That Creepy Feeling You’re Being Watched in the Dark? It Has a Scientific Name.
Outside Magazine reports that the unsettling sensation many people get in the dark that someone is watching them has an actual scientific name and explanation. Researchers link the feeling to how the brain processes ambiguous sensory information in low light, generating a perceived presence as a protective response. Writers and readers online are sharing their own experiences of the eerie phenomenon.
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