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Author Berns, Gregory, author

Title What it's like to be a dog : and other adventures in animal neuroscience / Gregory Berns

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 Maine State Lib. Stacks  591.513 B531w 2017    AVAILABLE  
 Bangor Pub. Lib. Stacks  591.513 .B4587w    AVAILABLE  
Edition First edition
Phys Descr vii, 301 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary "Do dogs experience emotions like people do? To find out, neuroscientist and bestselling author Gregory Berns and his team did something nobody had ever attempted: they trained dogs to go into an MRI scanner--completely awake--so they could figure out what they think and feel. But dogs were just the beginning. In [this book], Berns takes us into the brains and minds of wild animals: sea lions who can learn to dance, and dolphins who can see with sound..."--Jacket
Neuroscientist Berns and his team taught dogs to go into an MRI scanner-- completely awake. They discovered what makes dogs individuals with varying capacities for self-control, different value systems, and a complex understanding of human speech. Here Berns explores the fascinating inner lives of wild animals from dolphins and sea lions to the extinct Tasmanian tiger. The team's findings will fundamentally reshape how we think about--and treat--animals
Contents What it's like to be a dog -- The marshmallow test -- Why a brain? -- Seizing sea lions -- Rudiments -- Painting with sound -- Buridan's ass -- Talk to the animals -- A death in Tasmania -- Lonesome tiger -- Dog lab -- Epilogue: The brain ark
Note Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Cognition in animals
Dogs -- Nervous system
Psychology, Comparative
Mesh Subject Psychology, Comparative.
OCLC # 968771420
ISBN # 9780465096244
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9780465096251
PUBN # 40027439758