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Davies, Jim, author.
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Evolutionary psychology.
Cognitive psychology.
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Riveted : the scienc...
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Riveted : the science of why jokes make us laugh, movies make us cry, and religion makes us feel one with the universe / Jim Davies.
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Davies, Jim, author.
New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Subjects
Evolutionary psychology.
Cognitive psychology.
ISBN:
9781137279019 (hbk.) :
113727901X (hbk.)
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282 pages ; 25 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Contents:
Hardwiring for socializing -- Wizard's first rule : hope and fear's anti-sweet spot -- The thrill of discovering patterns -- Incongruity : absurdism, mystery, and puzzle -- Our biological nature -- Our psychological biases -- Why we get riveted.
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"A ... look at what grabs our attention that pulls back the curtain on the psychological and evolutionary reasons that everyone is drawn to religion, conspiracy theories, and the news"--
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Hawaii State Library
Social Science & Philosophy
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