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Jim Davies

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The United States

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Nonfiction, Psychology, Art

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Douglas R. Hofstadter, Carl Sagan, Steven Pinker

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Jim Davies is an associate professor in the Institute of Cognitive Science at Carleton University. Director of the Science of Imagination Laboratory, he explores processes of visualization in humans and machines and specializes in artificial intelligence, analogy, problem-solving, and the psychology of art, religion, and creativity. His work has shown how people use visual thinking to solve problems, and how they visualize imagined situations and worlds.
In his spare time, he is a published poet, an internationally-produced playwright, and a professional painter, calligrapher, and swing dancer. His book Riveted: Riveted: The Science of Why Jokes Make us Laugh, Movies Make us Cry, and Religion Makes us Feel One with the Universe comes ...more

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Riveted: The Science of Why Jokes Make Us Laugh, Movies Make Us Cry, and Religion Makes Us Feel One with the Universe

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Dreaming: A Conceptual Framework for Philosophy of Mind and Empirical Research

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Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction

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