A person can have the greatest idea in the world - completely different and novel - but if that person can't convince… — 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
“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 Image
“Skinner box, a device that automatically trains rats or pigeons to learn behaviors.” — 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 and their… — 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 morning levels… — 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. Wolves do… — 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 in some… — Gregory Berns Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
