In the era of surveillance cameras and tracking programs .. Study: A person’s feeling is that he is an observer that changes the pattern of thinking news
In 1785, the English philosopher Jeremy devoted to what he called “the ideal prison”, which is a group of cells built circularly around a tower in the middle inside a hidden guard who can monitor the movement of prisoners without seeing him, so that the prisoner assumes all the time that the guard may watch him, which compels him to behave and deal from this standpoint permanently.
Likewise, many in the current era feel that a third party is unknown to watch them constantly, as millions of cameras that work with closed TV systems are constantly following you, while driving and driving your car and buying your needs, but rather that the algorithm equations work with artificial intelligence technologies that follow your activity on the Internet and communication sites and learn about your interests around the clock, especially since some modern applications can determine your identity Once you see the features of your face.
Psychologist at Clairemont Averen in France, Clement Peliter, says that the impact of the feeling of observation is one of the main issues that psychology is interested in, and the psychologist Norman Triple has proven in 1898 that the cyclists are making a greater effort to race in the presence of the spectators.
In the 1970s, studies have confirmed that a person changes his behaviors when he feels observed, in order to preserve his position and social form.
Research conducted over decades revealed that the feeling of observation not only changes behaviors, but also sneaks into the mind and changes the way of thinking as well, and researchers confirm that these results raise concerns about the mental health of humans in general.
Experiences have proven that a person immediately feels that someone is looking and watching him, even in crowded places, and that this characteristic appears at an early stage of age.
Uncomfortable
A specialist in social cognitive awareness at the University of Waterloo in Canada Clara Colomato indicates a feeling of uncomfortable when the person feels observed, and this internal feeling is reflected in some external indicators such as sweating, for example.
Columbato added – in an interview with the scientific website “Centfat American” – that at the level of consciousness a person behaves differently when he is under observation, as his behaviors become better in line with the customs of society, where the chances of a person to cheat or throw waste in the street, for example, when he is an observer.
Such theories are strengthening the idea that monitoring benefits society to prevent some harmful behaviors such as crime, which is consistent with Benhamam on “ideal prison”.
But in recent years, some researchers in psychology have found that a feeling of observation affects the cognitive functions of man, such as memory and the ability to focus.
It found an experience that the volunteers who perform a work requires cognitive skill or calling information from memory whose performance is worse when photographs of them are placed in front of people looking at them.
The researchers concluded from this experiment that directly looking at someone leads to dispersing his focus and weakens his performance.
Other experiences concluded that other mental functions – such as spatial perception or linguistic treatment capabilities – are also negatively affected when a person feels under observation.
A “killer or running” mechanism
Researcher Kylie Seymour of the University of Technology Sciences in Sydney, Australia, says that a feeling of observation speeds up the mechanisms of dealing with social data in humans to the maximum degree, and stimulating the instinct of love of survival known as “killer or running”, and this mechanism has an impact on mental capabilities.
Simmour said – in statements to the website “Centefak American” – that “electronic eyes” that look at us affect mental health, and it has a worse effect on patients with some mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, and may lead to social anxiety, and even a feeling of tension.
“The feeling of permanent observation in the modern era makes us pay attention to the social environment in which we live permanently, and are ready to interact,” she added.
The French philosopher Michelle Fouka sheds light on the theory of “the ideal prison” that Jeremy Bennham has put forward, saying that a person’s feeling that under observation has become rooted within the person himself, meaning that, like the prisoner inside the cell, the modern man has constantly felt that he is undergoing the observation of artificial intelligence algorithms, social media software and blade applications, without knowing who is watching him.
Psychologist Clement Peliter believes that a constant feeling of observation affects cognitive perception in a way that we do not fully understand.
He explains that “the mental capabilities that are negatively affected by monitoring are the same capabilities that make us focus, pay attention and recover memories,” and therefore when these capabilities are strained under the influence of monitoring, the ability of a person to focus, for example.
A group of studies have shown that the employee’s feeling that he is undergoing monitoring in the work environment reduces productivity, and that students who are subject to tests in front of surveillance cameras are achieving fewer degrees.
Researcher Clara Colomato concludes, saying, “50 years ago we had no such extent of observation and social connections, as we live in a new social context that we have not yet familiarized, and therefore it is important to think about the impact of this on our cognitive abilities, including within the framework of the subconscious in humans.”
