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A Neuroscientist and His Adopted Dog Decode the Canine Brain
New Harvest
November 2013
On Sale: October 22, 2013
271 pages
ISBN: 0544114515
EAN: 9780544114517
Kindle: B00CLIK6NA
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Non-Fiction
The powerful bond between humans and dogs is one that’s
uniquely cherished. Loyal, obedient, and affectionate, they
are truly “man’s best friend.” But do dogs love us the way
we love them? Emory University neuroscientist Gregory Berns
had spent decades using MRI imaging technology to study how
the human brain works, but a different question still nagged
at him: What is my dog thinking?
After
his family adopted Callie, a shy, skinny terrier mix, Berns
decided that there was only one way to answer that
question—use an MRI machine to scan the dog’s brain. His
colleagues dismissed the idea. Everyone knew that dogs
needed to be restrained or sedated for MRI scans. But if the
military could train dogs to operate calmly in some of the
most challenging environments, surely there must be a way to
train dogs to sit in an MRI scanner.
With this
radical conviction, 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.
How Dogs Love Us answers the
age-old question of dog lovers everywhere and offers
profound new evidence that dogs should be treated as we
would treat our best human friends: with love, respect, and
appreciation for their social and emotional intelligence.
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