#2611: Cutest-Sounding Scientific Effects
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[A tournament bracket tree is shown with 16 scientific effect names, with 8 on the left and 8 on the right side. From both sides toward the middle the brackets reduce from eight to four, to two, then to one line where the latter join to a rectangle in the middle for the winners name of the final match. Above the bracket there is a title:]
Cutest-Sounding Scientific Effects
[Left side:]
YORP effect
Nocebo effect
Woozle effect
Stroop effect
Pockels effect
Cheerios effect
Hot chocolate effect
Perky effect
[Right side:]
Bouba/kiki effect
Cutaneous rabbit effect
Small firm effect
Little Parks effect
Dr. Fox effect
Oddity effect
Butterfly effect
Popcorn effect
(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)
Title text:The Stroop-YORP number of a scientific paper is how many of the 16 finalist names (sans 'effect') it manages to casually sneak into the text.