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How dogs love us : a neuroscientist and his adopted dog decode the canine brain

2013

Format:	Book
Author:	Berns, Gregory.
Title:	How dogs love us : a neuroscientist and his adopted dog decode the canine brain / Gregory Berns.
Publisher, Date:	Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.
Description:	xviii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary:	"[Gregory] Berns and his dog would embark on a remarkable journey and be the first to glimpse the inner workings of the canine brain. Painstakingly, the two worked together to overcome the many technical, legal, and behavioral hurdles. Berns's research offers surprising results on how dogs empathize with human emotions, how they love us, and why dogs and humans share one of the most remarkable friendships in the animal kingdom."--Jacket.
Subjects:	Dogs -- Psychology -- Research. Dogs -- Nervous system -- Research. Brain -- Magnetic resonance imaging.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:	Prologue: Dress rehearsal -- Dia de los muertos -- What it's like to be a dog -- A fishing expedition -- Puppy steps -- The scanner dilemma -- Resonant dogs -- Lawyers get involved -- The simulator -- Basic training -- The stand-in -- The carrot or the stick? -- Dogs at work -- The lost wedding ring -- Big questions -- Dog day afternoon -- A new world -- Peas and hots dogs -- Through a dog's eyes -- Eureka! -- Does my dog love me? -- What's that smell? -- First friend -- Lyra -- What dogs are really thinking -- Epilogue.
LCCN:	2013001724
ISBN:	9780544114517 0544114515 9780544114517 : HRD 0544114515 : HRD
Other Number:	843955620
System Availability:	2
Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	426676
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Call Number:	636.7 Berns

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