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How The Science Of Eccentricity Has Moved Forward
by Dr. David Weeks As my research showed, eccentrics are as diverse as are many other categories of people. Most of the scientific research that has been done since my book was published has looked at...
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Dear Dr. Weeks: The Sad Eccentric
Dear Dr. Weeks, My friend has always dressed exactly how she wants, said whatever she was thinking, expressed her emotions without reservation and refuses to conform. But instead of it making her...
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Dear Dr. Weeks: Living With An Eccentric
Dear Dr. Weeks, I tried to have a relationship with a true eccentric when we moved in together but it drove me bonkers. I know it’s hard to live with eccentrics but do you have any coping mechanisms...
View ArticleThe Eccentric Child [Part 1]: Introduction
by Dr. David Weeks. Preamble: This is the first in a 3-part series on childhood eccentricity. Reliable distinctions between oneself and others are usually made in the second year of life. At around...
View ArticleThe Eccentric Child [Part 2]: Self-Identity in Childhood
Interestingly, by the age of five, children acquire the ability to think in terms of simple narratives, and to make up fantasies of their own. However, this comes before other, perhaps more...
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Dear Dr. Weeks: Do People Get More Eccentric With Age?
Dear Dr. Weeks: I would think that as people get older their eccentricities would become more evident as they would be more able to express themselves freely. Instead I find the opposite. Most senior...
View ArticleThe Eccentric Child [Part 3]: Raising An Eccentric Kid
Parents who fear freely spoken individuality, or the creation of personal privacy and separateness, construct more intrusive approaches in which basic intimacy implies risk, even threat. An accent on...
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NEW BOOK on Eccentrics by Dr. David Weeks
We were incredibly thrilled to receive a copy of Dr. Weeks’ latest book on eccentricity in the mail. The book jacket reads, A high proportion of prodigiously original people have been described as...
View Article#TBT 1986 People Magazine interview with Dr. David Weeks
Dr. David Weeks has been researching eccentricity for decades. Thanks to a random Google Search we found this 1986 People Magazine article about him and his quest to find and profile American...
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Meet John Ward, Eccentric Inventor Extraordinaire
by Dr. David Weeks. One of my favourite subjects is JOHN WARD, a former librarian and engineer with a gift for whimsy. Wearing a huge multi-colored bow tie and Elton John-style white-framed glasses,...
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