Are you talking about this study: http://sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=11335 ?
Because my understanding of it (from admittedly a cursory investigation) seems to be that it is talking about situations where there would be people, but there is a level of uncertainty as to whether or not they are looking at you (the article uses the example of sunglasses or low-light conditions when you can't see where they are looking. I may be mistaken, but it seems to be more focused on the eyes and the mind and gaze perception (being able to tell if people who are there are looking at you), and the implicit assumption that if you can't tell with someone's eyes, you get the feeling they're looking at you (which IS something I admit I've occasionally experienced
), and makes no mention of being alone and having the background feeling of "someone is watching me!"
Because my understanding of it (from admittedly a cursory investigation) seems to be that it is talking about situations where there would be people, but there is a level of uncertainty as to whether or not they are looking at you (the article uses the example of sunglasses or low-light conditions when you can't see where they are looking. I may be mistaken, but it seems to be more focused on the eyes and the mind and gaze perception (being able to tell if people who are there are looking at you), and the implicit assumption that if you can't tell with someone's eyes, you get the feeling they're looking at you (which IS something I admit I've occasionally experienced
