Riveted: The Science of Why Jokes Make Us Laugh, Movies Make Us Cry, and Religion Makes Us Feel One (Hardcover) by Jim Davies

from mposey82

So unfortunately I waited too long and forgot to take good notes on this book. But I'm going to do my best. The big idea of Riveted is to ask why some things are captivating and others are not. Why some get sucked into a song that leaves others cold. The basic foundational principals Jim Davies u...

from ridgeclub

Riveted is a readable book that describes current cognitive research aimed at understanding how people think. The topics range from discussions of people's bias to seeing patterns to learning that British prime ministers have higher IQs than US presidents. A significant portion of the book explai...

from sstaheli

I received this book through LibraryThing's early reviewer program, and found it an interesting read. The author's premise of a "compellingness foundations theory" is an interesting one, and he explores different aspects of his theory throughout the chapters. Some are readily believable, others l...

from zimbawilson

I was not exactly riveted by Riveted. While Jim Davies offers many interesting facts that help explain why we are compelled as human beings to act/react in certain ways, the book seemed to lack a cohesiveness to me. While I can see why Michael Shermer compares Davis to Malcom Gladwell in so far a...

from NewsieQ

I had high expectations when I read the blurb on the dust jacket ... in which another author writes, "Jim Davies could be the next Malcolm Gladwell." My first thought was that we didn't need a "next" Malcolm Gladwell, as the current one is alive, well and still writing as far as I know. My final ...