Quirkology. A term coined by author Richard Wiseman to refer to psychological research that is quirky. Much of this work uses mainstream methods to investigate unusual topics, or unusual methods to investigate mainstream topics. Read more about it here.
What got me about it was this video on the color-changing card trick.
Just watch it. I don’t want to spoil the trick. After you watch it, go read about the trick and see another interesting video that supports the original.
I’ll just say, it has interesting implications for eye-witness accounts.
He’s got a lot of other interesting videos and studies on the Quirkology website. Check it out.
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