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A review by diomuller
What It's Like to Be a Dog: And Other Adventures in Animal Neuroscience by Gregory Berns
3.0
This review is for the audiobook version.
First of all, this book is pretty good and has some interesting content, but it's title and subtitle should've been inverted, because this... is not very focused at all: while all of it is about neuroscience, the subject varies a lot between dogs, other animals and research ethics, touching lightly on each subject.
If you are expecting a great description of how dogs think, this isn't the book for you - the author even says it's not a simple task finding it out, or if it's even possible at all. If you are interested in neuroscience - or ethics in animal research - this is still a good read.
First of all, this book is pretty good and has some interesting content, but it's title and subtitle should've been inverted, because this... is not very focused at all: while all of it is about neuroscience, the subject varies a lot between dogs, other animals and research ethics, touching lightly on each subject.
If you are expecting a great description of how dogs think, this isn't the book for you - the author even says it's not a simple task finding it out, or if it's even possible at all. If you are interested in neuroscience - or ethics in animal research - this is still a good read.