David Joseph Weeks (born 1944) is an American
neuropsychologist
Neuropsychology is a branch of psychology concerned with how a person's cognition and behavior are related to the brain and the rest of the nervous system. Professionals in this branch of psychology focus on how injuries or illnesses of the brai ...
, educator and author best known for his study of
eccentricity
Eccentricity or eccentric may refer to:
* Eccentricity (behavior), odd behavior on the part of a person, as opposed to being "normal"
Mathematics, science and technology Mathematics
* Off-Centre (geometry), center, in geometry
* Eccentricity (g ...
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Born and raised in
Garwood, New Jersey, he graduated from
Arthur L. Johnson High School in 1962. Weeks moved to Scotland in 1975. He practices at the
Royal Edinburgh Hospital. Weeks is the author of two popular books on the study of eccentrism, ''Eccentrics: The Scientific Investigation'' (1988) and ''Eccentrics: A Study of Sanity and Strangeness'' (1995).
References
Further reading
*Darnton John (September 12, 1997).
Zanies? Here they’re eccentrics and proud of it. ''New York Times''.
*Gluck Jeremy (1995).
The way we ought to be. ''New Scientist''. 145(1966):37.
*Kenny, Michael G. (1997). "Eccentrics: A Study of Sanity and Strangeness". ''Canadian Review of Sociology & Anthropology''. 34(2):242.
*Therivel, William A. (1996). "Are Eccentrics Creative? On Weeks and James's Eccentrics". ''Creativity Research Journal''. 2/3:289.
*Tucker, S. D. (2015). ''Great British Eccentrics''. Amberley Publishing Limited.
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Living people
1944 births
Arthur L. Johnson High School alumni
American neuropsychologists
People from Garwood, New Jersey
21st-century American psychologists
20th-century American psychologists