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S'està carregant… The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter than You Think (2013)de Brian Hare, Vanessa Woods
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. I read this as a text in connection with a mooc on Coursera and it was a delight! So interesting and fun to read. ( ) I found this an interesting take on the inner workings of dog brains. It’s worth the time, especially for those that care about dogs. Spoiler: my nephew Brent says that those Russian experiments on taming foxes and the suite of characteristics that come with taming them have recently been challenged. Apparently the Russians were cheating. Who would’ve figured. I'd give it 3 1/2 stars if he had mentioned how your librarian could help you track down all the (oddly referenced) literature he cited. Instead he just tells you to try Google Scholar or sending a note to the author. Another academic who doesn't use his library, I'm guessing. Oops, I got distracted there. I did enjoy learning more about dog behavior. The book's title makes it sound like it's going to be some wishy-washy sentimental essay about how smart dogs are. It's anything but. It's actually an engaging, evidence-backed discussion of how dogs have evolved and how they learn new things. I particularly enjoyed the chapters on breed differences and on training approaches; they are short and less in-depth than what I'd like but they are full of great references for further reading. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
"Brian Hare, dog researcher, evolutionary anthropologist, and founder of the Duke Canine Cognition Center, and Vanessa Woods offer revolutionary new insights into dog intelligence and the interior lives of our smartest pets. In the past decade, we have learned more about how dogs think than in the last century. Breakthroughs in cognitive science, pioneered by Brian Hare have proven dogs have a kind of genius for getting along with people that is unique in the animal kingdom. Brian Hare's stunning discovery is that when dogs domesticated themselves around 40,000 years ago they became far more like human infants than their wolf ancestors. Domestication gave dogs a whole new kind of social intelligence. This finding will change the way we think about dogs and dog training--indeed, the revolution has already begun. Hare's seminal research has led him to work with every kind of dog from the tiniest shelter puppy to the exotic New Guinea singing dog, from his own childhood dog, Oreo, to the most fashionable schnoodle. The Genius of Dogs is nothing less than the definitive dog book of our time by the researcher who started a revolution"-- Provided by publisher. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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