How dogs love us : a neuroscientist and his adopted dog decode the canine brain / Gregory Berns.

Author/creator Berns, Gregory
Format Book
PublicationBoston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.
Descriptionxviii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

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.
Abstract "[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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2013001724
ISBN9780544114517
ISBN0544114515
Standard identifier# 10140971