What It's Like to Be a Dog: And Other Adventures in Animal Neuroscience
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (835 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0465096247 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-28 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
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. Groundbreaking and deeply humane, it is essential reading for animal lovers of all stripes.. 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. And dogs were just the beginning. Much as Silent Spring transform
"The author explains that his purpose in writing this book is 'to raise awareness of the mental lives of the animals with whom we share the planet.' In that, he succeeds. An impressive overview of modern neurology and the still-unanswered issues raised by our treatment of our fellow living creatures."