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Hello, experts...You've been such a big help whenever I asked for help here on this site. Thank you always...This time...I've got three sentences here.1.  We tend to believe that we are being noticed by others more than others really are.2.  We tend to believe that we notice being noticed by others more than others really are.3.  The Neanderthals' low light conditions let the size of a retina be increased more to evolutionary response in low light conditions.Are all these three sentences grammatically correct? and do all of these make any sense?In my opinion, No.1 is correct, No.2 is somewhat awkward but grammatically acceptable.However, No.3 is grammatically totally wrong, especially in the usage of the preposition "to".... I'm not a native speaker of Eng...  So I need your help...  Help me....

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hohok1. We tend to believe that we are being noticed by others more than others really are.

This is wrong. It should be "... more than we really are" or "... more than others really are noticing us".

hohok2. We tend to believe that we notice being noticed by others more than others really are.

It apparently should be "... more than we really do", but the "notice being noticed" part is hard to get one's head round, and overall it seems an unlikely or unusual thing to want to say.

hohok3. The Neanderthals' low light conditions let the size of a retina be increased more to evolutionary response in low light conditions.

This doesn't make sense. As you say, "to" seems wrong, and maybe other things are wrong too.

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