For the Love of a Dog Understanding Emotion in You and Your Best Friend

Name: For the Love of a Dog Understanding Emotion in You and Your Best Friend
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ISBN: 9780345477156

ISBN-10: 0345477154

ISBN-13: 9780345477156

Edition: N/A

Authors: Patricia McConnell

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Yes, humans and canines are different species, but current research provides fascinating, irrefutable evidence that what we share with our dogs is greater than how we vary. As behaviorist and zoologist Dr. Patricia McConnell tells us in this remarkable new book about emotions in dogs and in people, more and more scientists accept the premise that dogs have rich emotional lives, exhibiting a wide range of feelings including fear, anger, surprise, sadness, and love. In For the Love of a Dog, McConnell suggests that one of the reasons we love dogs so much is that they express emotions in ways similar to humans. After all, who can communicate joy better than a puppy? But not all emotional…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/28/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.20" wide x 8.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.638



Note from the Author


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Emotions



Emotional Expressions



Emotions and the Brain



The Many Faces of Fear



Pavlov in Your Pocket



Anger



Happiness



Love Story



Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking?


Afterword


Appendix


References


Index