Some were also able to see the faces of their relatives or themselves in their partners face.

This group was instructed to stare in the eyes of their partners for 10 minutes at a stretch.

Now, the experiment conducted by Caputo shows thatdissociation can also be induced in healthy individuals by face-staring.

Staring into someone’s eyes for 10 minutes can give you disturbing hallucinations

When he was speaking about his recent study, Caputo recalled his study which he had conducted in 2010.

All 50 participants reported feelings of otherness when confronted with a face that seemed suddenly unfamiliar.

Some felt powerful emotions.

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A five point scale was used wherein 0 indicated not at all and 5 meant extremely.

One would definitely like to know why so?

Why staring into eyes of another person for just 10 minutes gives you disturbing hallucinations?

Finally, Martinez-Conde and Macknik explained that this is more due to a condition termed asNeural adaptation.

DuringNeural adaptation,the neurons start to slow down or even stop responding to unchanging stimulation.

This condition takes place if a person stares some scene or object for an extended period of time.

Unless and until that person blinks or changes the scene the perception would begin to fade.

This can be rectified by inflicting very small involuntary eye movements which is also termed as microsaccades.

Caputo believes interpersonal gazing has powerful dissociative effect than staring self into a mirror.

source: www.techworm.net