Directory of Cold Reading Resources

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"Cold reading" is a set of techniques used by mentalists to extract information from a subject then feeding the information back to them as if the reader had special abilities. Sometimes the term is used loosely to include "warm reading". In warm reading, a mentalist will tell a subject things which would be true of almost anyone, or which almost anyone would like to believe about themselves. (ex. "You have unused potential.")

Resources in This Category

• Insolitology: So, You Wanna Be a Psychic?

  http://www.insolitology.com/rationally/edward.htm
  Description of cold reading techniques, with several illustrations from readings by TV psychic John Edwards.

• Skeptic's Dictionary: Cold Reading

  http://www.skepdic.com/coldread.html
  Encyclopedia-type article on cold reading techniques.

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