“Humans use memories and ascribe meaning to people and actions all the time. Apparently, so do dogs.” — Gregory Berns Copy Share Image
“While many animals learn from members of their own species, dogs are one of the few that can learn from other species.” — Gregory Berns Copy Share Image
Because humans, in effect, created dogs through domestication, the canine mind reflects back to us how we see ourselves through the eyes,… — Gregory Berns Copy Share Image
“In answer to the question “What are dogs thinking?” the grand conclusion was this: they’re thinking about what we’re thinking.” — Gregory Berns Copy Share Image
“Not everyone loves dogs, but for those who do—and that is about half the people in the United States—their dog’s welfare is… — Gregory Berns Copy Share Image
“stress is lowest in the morning and rises steadily throughout the day. But the presence of dogs kept self-reported stress at their… — Gregory Berns Copy Share Image
“Proof of social cognition means that dogs aren’t just Pavlovian learning machines. It means that dogs are sentient beings, and this has… — Gregory Berns Copy Share Image
“The closeness of the bond and the physical embrace really hit home for me: dogs and humans belong together. We” — Gregory Berns Copy Share Image
“the fact that the dogs knew who we were, and that they had categories for us, indicated that we humans make a… — Gregory Berns Copy Share Image
“Interestingly, when you look at the entire literature on animal-assisted therapy, patterns begin to emerge. Of the different animals used in therapy,… — Gregory Berns Copy Share Image
“times. The only universities that allow dogs a relatively free run of campus are Stetson University and Eckerd College in Florida, the… — Gregory Berns Copy Share Image
“Eventually, I came to the conclusion that the key to improving dog-human relationships is through social cognition, not behaviorism. Positive reinforcement is… — Gregory Berns Copy Share Image
“Do dogs have some concept of humans as something more than food dispensers? Simply knowing that human feelings toward dogs are reciprocated… — Gregory Berns Copy Share Image
“The defining trait of dogs, therefore, is their interspecies social intelligence, an ability to intuit what humans and other animals are thinking.… — Gregory Berns Copy Share Image
“The most touching photo was of a dog strapped to the chest of a soldier parachuting out of an airplane at thirty… — Gregory Berns Copy Share Image
“humans. Even so, the results have been mixed. For one thing, how can you conduct a double-blind study where neither the researcher… — Gregory Berns Copy Share Image
“case. They appeared to be the front legs of a calf starting just above the ankle joint. In the actual MRI, the… — Gregory Berns Copy Share Image
“Interpreting dog behavior through the lens of wolf behavior is even worse than anthropomorphizing: it’s a human anthropomorphizing wolf behavior and using… — Gregory Berns Copy Share Image
“Lorenz, however, believed that the ideal canine companion was a “resonance dog.” He noted the extraordinary parallelism in personality between many dogs… — Gregory Berns Copy Share Image
“In answer to the question “What are dogs thinking?” the grand conclusion was this: they’re thinking about what we’re thinking.” — Gregory Berns Copy Share
“Interpreting dog behavior through the lens of wolf behavior is even worse than anthropomorphizing: it’s a human anthropomorphizing wolf behavior and using that flawed… — Gregory Berns Copy Share
“Skinner box, a device that automatically trains rats or pigeons to learn behaviors.” — Gregory Berns Copy Share
“Lorenz, however, believed that the ideal canine companion was a “resonance dog.” He noted the extraordinary parallelism in personality between many dogs and their… — Gregory Berns Copy Share
“stress is lowest in the morning and rises steadily throughout the day. But the presence of dogs kept self-reported stress at their morning levels… — Gregory Berns Copy Share
“The defining trait of dogs, therefore, is their interspecies social intelligence, an ability to intuit what humans and other animals are thinking. Wolves do… — Gregory Berns Copy Share
“Do dogs have some concept of humans as something more than food dispensers? Simply knowing that human feelings toward dogs are reciprocated in some… — Gregory Berns Copy Share
“We love dogs, but what do they think of us? Even with just two dogs, a picture was beginning to emerge. The pattern of… — Gregory Berns Copy Share
“organ (VNO), thought to be specialized for detecting scents from other dogs and therefore to function in some capacity for social signaling” — Gregory Berns Copy Share
“Proof of social cognition means that dogs aren’t just Pavlovian learning machines. It means that dogs are sentient beings, and this has startling consequences… — Gregory Berns Copy Share
“The brevity of text messages, for example, and the fact that we are able to communicate with less than 140 characters at a time… — Gregory Berns Copy Share
A person can have the greatest idea in the world - completely different and novel - but if that person can't convince enough other… — Gregory Berns Copy Share
