A study published on 10 December in Neuroscience of Consciousness suggests that surveillance cameras can alter the way our brains process visual information, particularly when it comes to detecting faces and potential threats.

The implications extend beyond individual privacy concerns to questions about public mental health and the subtle ways surveillance might be reshaping human cognition and social interaction.

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A research team at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia, led by Associate Professor Kiley Seymour, conducted an experiment where 54 undergraduate students were split into two groups: one group completed a visual task while being monitored by multiple surveillance cameras, and the control group performed the same task without cameras present.

The results showed that participants who were being watched by surveillance cameras became faster at identifying faces and potential threats, with a heightened awareness that appeared to tap into instinctive survival mechanisms.

“We found direct evidence that being conspicuously monitored via CCTV markedly impacts a hardwired and involuntary function of human sensory perception – the ability to consciously detect a face,” Associate Professor Kiley Seymour, lead author of the study, explained in a statement.

This heightened awareness was specific to social stimuli, such as faces, and was not due to participants trying harder or being more alert under surveillance.  The findings have implications for mental health, as hyper-sensitivity to eye gaze is a common symptom in conditions such as psychosis and social anxiety disorder.

The study also found a disconnect between participants’ conscious experience and their brain’s response, with participants reporting little concern or preoccupation with being monitored despite the significant effects on their basic social processing.

The implications of the study extend beyond individual privacy concerns to questions about public mental health and the subtle ways surveillance might be reshaping human cognition and social interaction.

As surveillance technology continues to advance, understanding the unconscious effects of surveillance becomes increasingly crucial, particularly with the emergence of neurotechnology that could potentially monitor our mental activity.

The study suggests that constant observation may be affecting us on a deeper level than previously realised, modifying basic perceptual processes that normally operate outside our awareness.

The above is a summary of the article ‘‘Big Brother’ isn’t just watching – He’s changing how your brain works’ published by Study Finds.  You can read the full article HERE.

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While previously it was a hobby culminating in writing articles for Wikipedia (until things made a drastic and undeniable turn in 2020) and a few books for private consumption, since March 2020 I have become a full-time researcher and writer in reaction to the global takeover that came into full view with the introduction of covid-19. For most of my life, I have tried to raise awareness that a small group of people planned to take over the world for their own benefit. There was no way I was going to sit back quietly and simply let them do it once they made their final move.

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