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 citizens [...]
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 [...]
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 happy, she is [...]
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 [...]
After completing a 10-year scientific investigation on eccentricity Dr. David Weeks, a Scotland-based psychologist, found that his 1000 subjects shared or exhibited 25 key characteristics. According to Dr. Weeks, the first 10 of these are [...]
Dr. David Weeks was the first person to scientifically investigate eccentricity. He discusses his surprising finding in the attached video, including the five key characteristic traits that are most common in eccentric individuals. To learn [...]
First of all, it is important to know that an experienced psychological investigator and interviewer will always try to empathize with the person he is interviewing. If you do this for a long period of time, [...]
As my study was the first and, to this day, the only scientific investigation of eccentricity, one of my goals was to arrive at a description of eccentric individuals living in the community. Although the eccentrics [...]