Do Dogs Really Miss Us?
Over on It's Okay to be Smart: Does My Dog Know What I'm Thinking? http://youtu.be/UnMULQDHIjk Check out the behind-the-scenes over on my personal channel: http://youtu.be/eEJXfzUs3nY And keep...
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Every time I go to leave my house my dog Luna tries to come with me. It’s like she experiencesFOMO, a fear of missing out. We would like to believe that our pets actually miss us,rather than missing out on what’s outside. But do dogs really miss us when we’re gone?First of all we need to think about relationships. Humans miss other humans because we have anemotional connection to them, we have the capacity to bond and love. And so do dogs.It’s just a little harder to figure out How Dogs Love Us.Which is where neuroscientist Gregory Berns comes in.He trained dogs to willingly go into an MRI machine and stay there so we can study theirbrains and behaviour. In one of his studies, researchers gave the dogs 5 scents. Theirown scent, the scent of a familiar and str...
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Every time I go to leave my house my dog Luna tries to come with me. It’s like she experiencesFOMO, a fear of missing out. We would like to believe that our pets actually miss us,rather than missing out on what’s outside. But do dogs really miss us when we’re gone?First of all we need to think about relationships. Humans miss other humans because we have anemotional connection to them, we have the capacity to bond and love. And so do dogs.It’s just a little harder to figure out How Dogs Love Us.Which is where neuroscientist Gregory Berns comes in.He trained dogs to willingly go into an MRI machine and stay there so we can study theirbrains and behaviour. In one of his studies, researchers gave the dogs 5 scents. Theirown scent, the scent of a familiar and str...
