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How Dogs Love Us
- A Neuroscientist and His Adopted Dog Decode the Canine Brain
- Narrated by: LJ Ganser
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
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Summary
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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- Bramwell
- 17-02-17
Some very interesting insights
What did you like most about How Dogs Love Us?
Very interesting experiment, and through this an insight into just a small part of how dogs think.
How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?
For the number of listening hours and words spent, it would be nice to have more information about the experiement and what it revealed. Much time was spent on the personal context of the scientist. I was expecting more focus on the inquiry and the conclusions that came from the work.
What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?
Performance was quite sincere. Though the reader's imitation of how the scientist spoke to the dog, or how the daughter spoke to the father, were a bit distracting.
Any additional comments?
While not ideal, still worth listening to.
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- Ms Florrie
- 16-11-13
Misleading Title
What disappointed you about How Dogs Love Us?
I bought this book to learn 'how dogs love us' and still feel this was left very much unanswered. It should have another title, such as 'The history of me -- a scientist -- and how I came to eventually do MRIs on some dogs -- the blow-by-blow account, including weather reports' or 'How scientists can digress to meet a word count target'.
There are twenty-odd chapters of the hows, whys, whens, wheres, whats, whos and the final couple of chapters touch on what may be results of the tests.
It could be of interest to anyone wanting to understand MRI imaging or a nosey acquaintance wanting to get a glimpse of the author's personal relationships with family/dogs, but if you want to know how dogs love us, you won't find too many answers here.
Would you ever listen to anything by Gregory Berns again?
I would not buy a book by this author again.
Have you listened to any of LJ Ganser’s other performances? How does this one compare?
The narrator did a great job. His voice was easy to listen to and not the kind that makes your mind switch off (like some others can).
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Anger, frustration, wasted my money.
Any additional comments?
Author seems like a nice person which is why this is getting two stars instead of one.
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- li
- 20-09-16
Misleading title
Not what I was expecting. First half waffles. Still none the wiser after finishing. This book doesn't really say how a dog loves people, other than by observing their every move.
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