psychology, comparative

"What is it like to be a dog? A bat? Or a dolphin? To findout, 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. And dogs were just the beginning..."--Provided by publisher.

Explores a number of animals that science has recently found to be much more intelligent than previously thought--such as an elephant and its ability to classify humans by age, race, and language. Discusses what research on animals like crows, dolphins, sheep, whales, and chimpanzees has revealed about the capabilities and limits of animal intelligence and how they stack up next to human intelligence.

Contains the corrected and authoritative study by Darwin of the emotional life of man and animals illustrated by drawings and photographs positioned as the author intended with commentaries that provide the latest scientific knowledge to elaborate, support, and occasionlly challenge Darwin.

Presents amusing comparisons of the similarities between the behaviors of animals and people.

Presents the author's research on how human's DNA relationship with their closest biological relatives, primates such as chimpanzees and bonobos, influence and inform a wide range of human behavior.