The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter Than You Think

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Penguin, 5 feb 2013 - 384 pagina's
The perfect gift for dog lovers and readers of Inside of a Dog by Alexandra Horowitz—this New York Times bestseller offers mesmerizing insights into the thoughts and lives of our smartest and most beloved pets.

Does your dog feel guilt? Is she pretending she can't hear you? Does she want affection—or just your sandwich? In their New York Times bestselling book Th­e Genius of Dogs, husband and wife team Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods lay out landmark discoveries from the Duke Canine Cognition Center and other research facilities around the world to reveal how your dog thinks and how we humans can have even deeper relationships with our best four-legged friends.

Breakthroughs in cognitive science have proven dogs have a kind of genius for getting along with people that is unique in the animal kingdom. This dog genius revolution is transforming how we live and work with dogs of all breeds, and what it means for you in your daily life with your canine friend.

 

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Inhoudsopgave

Title Page
The Wolf Event
In My Parents Garage
Clever as a
Survival of the Friendliest
Dog Speak
Lost Dogs
Pack Animals
Best in Breed
Teaching Genius
For the Love of
Acknowledgments
Index
Credits
Copyright

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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen

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Over de auteur (2013)

Brian Hare is an associate professor in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology and the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke University, where he founded the Duke Canine Cognition Center.

Vanessa Woods is a research scientist at the Center as well as an award-winning journalist and the author of Bonobo Handshake. Hare and Woods are married and live in North Carolina.

Bibliografische gegevens

TitelThe Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter Than You Think
AuteursBrian Hare, Vanessa Woods
UitgeverPenguin, 2013
ISBN110160963X, 9781101609637
Lengte384 pagina's
  
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