"That's Weird" - Understanding Our Reactions to the Unusual

We’ve all been there. You learn something new or encounter something unexpected and you aren’t quite sure how to categorize it or explain it. So what do you do? Almost instinctively, you dub the thing “weird” and move on with your day.

This common reaction reveals far more than it may seem about the intricate inner workings of cognition. According to cog…