Can you 'feel it' when people are staring at you? The science behind psychic staring

Some say they can feel when people are staring at them. This is known as Psychic Staring, and has been studied scientifically a number of times throughout the history of psychology.

Further reading:

Marks, D., & Coiwell, J. September/October, 2000. The psychic staring effect: An artifact of pseudo-randomization. Skeptical Inquirer, 41-49

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[ChaoticNeutralMatt]

This was interesting. It doesn't address the underlying effect, but the eye sight interaction was interesting.