Riveted : the science of why jokes make us laugh, movies make us cry, and religion makes us feel one with the universe /

"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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Main Author: Davies, Jim
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
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505 0 |a 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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