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What It's Like to Be a Dog
And Other Adventures in Animal Neuroscience
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Publication date: 09-2017
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What is it like to be a dog? A bat? Or a dolphin? To find out,
neuroscientist Gregory Berns and his team began with a radical step: they
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. And
dogs were just the beginning. In What It's Like to Be a Dog, Berns
explores the fascinating inner lives of wild animals from dolphins and sea
lions to the extinct Tasmanian tiger. Much as Silent Spring
transformed how we thought about the environment, so What It's Like to
Be a Dog will fundamentally reshape how we think about-and
treat-animals. Groundbreaking and deeply humane, it is essential reading
for animal lovers of all stripes.
Gregory Berns is a distinguished professor of neuroeconomics at Emory University, where he directs the Center for Neuropolicy and Facility for Education and Research in Neuroscience. He is the author of several books, including the New York Times bestseller How Dogs Love Us. He lives in Atlanta.
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