How sad! Maybe she should perform in the dark?


Peripheral vision provides the ability to detect movement, separate from normal sight. Some people, expecially those with compromised hearing have enhanced peripheral vision abilities. So, it is logical that people with extreme peripheral vision may distinguish slight movement changes by a starer. This could be a factor in boosting a reaction to being stared at beyond chance?

I have a vision impaired friend whose hearing, as is often the case, is very good. He will detect an approaching train long before I will by a hissing sound from the rails. However in a noisier environment he has trouble hearing an individual speaker while I have little trouble. Does my ability to visually focus on the speaker assist hearing, even though I can't lip read? We tend to think of each of our senses as individual abilities but is it true that they work together to create a total awareness greater than their individual sums?

A while back I used to scuba dive in a place with very limited visibilty. Most of the divers in the club agreed that sometimes they would get a slightly uneasy feeling for no apparent reason. Shortly after getting that feeling we would usually spot a wobbegong shark, relatively harmless, hiding among the rocks.