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unusual facts about cold reading



D. J. Grothe

Grothe has also spoken out against celebrity psychics Theresa Caputo (the Long Island Medium) and John Edward, criticizing them for taking advantage of the grieving by using a collection of psychological manipulations commonly referred to as cold reading, and has also criticized companies like Priceline.com and national media figures such as Dr. Phil for giving a platform to such psychic performers.

Long Island Medium

Some observers have expressed doubts as to the veracity of Caputo's abilities and suggested that the show's seemingly paranormal performances could simply be the result of age-old exploits like the Forer effect, cold reading, selective editing, and her subjects' eagerness to believe.


see also

Hot reading

What Shermer gives as an example of warm reading, Ray Hyman and Ian Rowland would give as an example of cold reading.

Pepper Jay

She created the Working Actors Group, where, from 1993 through 2010, she and partner John Michael Ferrari offered on-camera and cold-reading workshops to selected union actors.