Riveted
Subtitle: the science of why jokes make us laugh, movies make us cry, and religion makes us feel one with the universe
By: Jim Davies
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9781137279019
Subjects: Evolutionary psychology; Cognitive psychology
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-273) and index.
Table of contents: title: Hardwiring for socializing; title: Wizard's first rule : hope and fear's anti-sweet spot; title: The thrill of discovering patterns; title: Incongruity : absurdism, mystery, and puzzle; title: Our biological nature; title: Our psychological biases; title: Why we get riveted.