![]() ![]() 2014 by Jim Davies (Author) 68 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition £8.39 Read with Our Free App Hardcover £17.30 10 Used from £1.45 4 New from £17. ![]() When the results came back, the participants' answers before the exercise had no correlation with who they actually found attractive in person! We are beginning to understand just how much the brain makes our decisions for us: we are rewarded with a rush of pleasure when we detect patterns, as the brain thinks we've discovered something significant the mind urges us to linger on the news channel or rubberneck an accident in case it might pick up important survival information it even pushes us to pick up People magazine in order to find out about changes in the social structure.ĭrawing on work from philosophy, anthropology, religious studies, psychology, economics, computer science, and biology, Davies offers a comprehensive explanation to show that in spite of the differences between the many things that we find compelling, they have similar effects on our minds and brains. Jim Davies Riveted: The Science of Why Jokes Make Us Laugh, Movies Make Us Cry, and Religion Makes Us Feel One with the Universe Hardcover 5 Aug. In one study of speed dating, people were asked what kinds of partners they found attractive. What we like and don't like is almost always determined by subconscious forces, and when we try to consciously predict our own preferences we're often wrong. Available in: Audiobook (Digital). ![]() Professor Jim Davies's fascinating and highly accessible book, Riveted, reveals the evolutionary underpinnings of why we find things compelling. ![]()
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