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What it's like to be a dog : and other adventures in animal neuroscience / Gregory Berns.

What it's like to be a dog : and other adventures in an...

What it's like to be a dog : and other adventures in animal neuroscience / Gregory Berns.

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What it's like to be a dog : and other adventures in animal neuroscience / Gregory Berns.

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Full title

What it's like to be a dog : and other adventures in animal neuroscience / Gregory Berns.

Author / Creator

Publisher

New York : Basic Books, 2017.

Call Numbers

G 2017/4340

Record Identifier

74VKVrWGgXN3

MMS ID

991024124817202626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

vii, 301 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Publication information

Publisher

New York : Basic Books, 2017.

Edition

First edition.

Place of Publication

New York (State)

Date Published

2017.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"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....

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Full title

What it's like to be a dog : and other adventures in animal neuroscience / Gregory Berns.

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Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2017/4340

Record Identifier

74VKVrWGgXN3

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVrWGgXN3

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ISBN

0465096247 (hardback)

9780465096244 (hardback)

DDC

591.513

MMS ID

991024124817202626

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