{"id":601,"date":"2015-08-26T11:07:21","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T15:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/?post_type=cu_story&#038;p=601"},"modified":"2025-02-03T11:30:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T16:30:19","slug":"why-we-find-things-interesting","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/story\/why-we-find-things-interesting\/","title":{"rendered":"Why We Find Things Interesting"},"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-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n        \n        \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-cu-black-50 pt-10 pb-12\" style=\"\">\n\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-cu-black-800 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Why We Find Things Interesting\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/Jim-Davies-400x601-300x451.jpg\" alt=\"Professor Jim Davies\" class=\"wp-image-608\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In this talk which will be held at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsandlettersclub.ca\/\">Arts &amp; Letters Club of Toronto<\/a>, Jim Davies, of the Institute of Cognitive Science at Carleton University and director of the Science of Imagination Laboratory, will discuss the science behind why some things seem to resonate with our minds and others do not. Why do we get hooked on a hockey game, or to a novel? Why do some religious stories seem so meaningful? Drawing from research from psychology, biology, computer science, and more, Davies will explain the underlying psychological traits human beings have that serve as the foundation for all things compelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"thursday-may-21-2015600-pm-reception-700-pm-lecturethe-arts-letters-club-of-toronto14-elm-street\" class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Thursday, May 21, 2015<br>\n6:00 pm Reception, 7:00 pm Lecture<br>\nThe Arts &amp; Letters Club of Toronto<br>\n14 Elm Street<em><strong><br>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"803\" height=\"1224\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/CU-in-the-City_Toronto.jpg\" alt=\"CU in the City Poster - Why we find things interesting\" class=\"wp-image-602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/CU-in-the-City_Toronto.jpg 803w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/CU-in-the-City_Toronto-200x305.jpg 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/CU-in-the-City_Toronto-400x610.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/CU-in-the-City_Toronto-768x1171.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"\" class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this talk which will be held at the Arts &amp; Letters Club of Toronto, Jim Davies, of the Institute of Cognitive Science at Carleton University and director of the Science of Imagination Laboratory, will discuss the science behind why some things seem to resonate with our minds and others do not. 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