{"id":5849,"date":"2014-11-14T09:54:31","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T14:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/ics\/?p=5849"},"modified":"2025-05-05T10:37:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T14:37:06","slug":"book-launch-dr-jim-davies-riveted-science-jokes-make-us-laugh-movies-make-us-cry-religion-makes-us-feel-one-universe-thursday-november-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/2014\/book-launch-dr-jim-davies-riveted-science-jokes-make-us-laugh-movies-make-us-cry-religion-makes-us-feel-one-universe-thursday-november-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Launch for Dr. Jim Davies\u2019 Riveted The Science of Why Jokes Make Us Laugh, Movies Make Us Cry, and Religion Makes Us Feel One with the Universe (Thursday, November 20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Book Launch for Dr. Jim Davies\u2019 Riveted The Science of Why Jokes Make Us Laugh, Movies Make Us Cry, and Religion Makes Us Feel One with the Universe (Thursday, November 20)\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<h3 id=\"thursday-november-20-2014-630pm\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thursday, November 20, 2014, 6:30pm<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"room-270-residence-commons-carleton-university\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Room 270, Residence Commons<\/strong><br>\n<strong> Carleton University<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the official book launch of the popular science book Riveted: The Science of Why Jokes Make Us Laugh, Movies Make Us Cry, and Religion Makes Us Feel One with the Universe by Jim Davies, associate professor at Carleton\u2019s Institute of Cognitive Science. Mr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Davies will describe the science of what draws our attention and keeps us interested, followed by an interview with Alan Neal of CBC\u2019s \u201cAll In A Day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There will be a cash bar and light refreshments served. Copies of Riveted can be purchased at the event, and Mr. Davies will have a signing table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This book launch is sponsored by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and The Institute of Cognitive Science.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, November 20, 2014, 6:30pm Room 270, Residence Commons Carleton University This is the official book launch of the popular science book Riveted: The Science of Why Jokes Make Us Laugh, Movies Make Us Cry, and Religion Makes Us Feel One with the Universe by Jim Davies, associate professor at Carleton\u2019s Institute of Cognitive Science. 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