Scopesthesia

Type: Concept

As of November 2026, Scopesthesia has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Telepathy Tapes (Nov 2025).

The psychic staring effect is the claimed extrasensory ability of a person to detect being stared at. The idea was first explored by psychologist Edward B. Titchener in 1898 after students in his junior classes reported being able to "feel" when somebody was looking at them, even though they could not see this person. Titchener performed a series of laboratory experiments that found only negative results. The effect has been the subject of contemporary attention from parapsychologists and other