Sentences with phrase «dog brains»
But if you're comparing brain size relative to body size, as the breed's body size gets smaller, dog brain size doesn't necessarily shrink in exact proportion.
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«So what are they doing in dog brains?»
Doc Truli explains how the unique relationship of Penn Vet at UPenn Med directly allowed her to help research dog brain cancer cures.
It's all extremely cute, and then we see that Professor Bwains is sitting in her bedroom, pretending one Barbie doll is a professor lecturing an assembled array of other dolls about dog brains.
Nicolelis says he's confident he has solved most of the technical problems once dogging brain electrodes, and he's mostly ignoring naysayers who think it can't be done.
A study published September 2 in Science suggested that dog brains comprehend speech in a similar way to human brains.
Researchers found that dogs» left hemispheres process meaningful words while right hemispheres process tone, Laurel Hamers wrote in «Dog brains divide language tasks» (SN: 10/1/16, p. 11).
The Romans ate «suckling puppy,» Dakota Indians enjoyed dog liver, and not so long ago Hawaiians ate dog brains and blood.
«As a Penn Vet student, I was selected for a prestigious Merck Research Fellowship studying a herpes virus as a backbone — or vector — to deliver a unique brain cancer treatment into dog brain cancer,» says Doc Truli.
Research conducted by Matthew Wilson and Kenway Louie of MIT proved that during sleep, dogs brains go through similar brain wave patterns as humans (see reference below).
Attila Andics is a neurobiologist at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and a top expert on dog brains.
Human and dog brains process sounds in similar ways, and this may allow the two species to understand each other's emotions, new research shows... read more
They have been selectively bred through generations to pay attention to people, and MRI scans show that dog brains respond to praise from their owners just as strongly as they do to food (and for some dogs, praise is an even more effective incentive than food).
And, while your canine companion can't pick up the latest New York Times crossword puzzle, he can engage in a variety of mentally challenging «dog brain games.»
He and his team were startled to find two genetic footprints, in the form of messenger RNAs (mRNAs), for COX - 1 in dog brain.
She dispenses some pretty cute information — human brains can think more than dog brains, because there is no high school for dogs — and also pronounces it «bwains,» which is ridiculously adorable.
Dog brains were most sensitive to environmental noises.
The images revealed that dog brains have voice areas and that they process voices in the same way that human brains do, the team reports online today in Current Biology.
Now, scientists using brain scanners and a crew of eager dogs have discovered that dog brains, too, have dedicated voice areas.
«The location (of the activity) in the dog brain is very similar to where we found it in the human brain.
The fact that we found these areas exist at all in the dog brain at all is a surprise - it is the first time we have seen this in a non-primate.»
The most powerful memory imprint of any dogs brain is probably the car ride when it was taken away from all it ever new to be safe and secure, its litter mates and its mother.
Remember that the dog brain is not as big as yours!
Several factors will determine whether or not surgery is the best treatment option for a dog brain tumor.
Dog surgery rarely cures the disease, but removing the dog brain tumor can be life saving if it is very large.
The Scientific American article «Changing Minds: Has Selective Breeding Restructured Some Dog Brains?»
They also can correspond to brain structures in humans that correlate to dog brains.
«Changing Minds: Has Selective Breeding Restructured Some Dog Brains?»
Obedience training and interactive dog toys are good ways to give a dog a brain workout, as are dog sports and careers, such as agility and search and rescue.
Tricks class is a great way to engage your dogs brain and push them to learn new things.
Luckily for us, dogs brains are very similar to humans and the part of the brain that controls the experience of emotions is certainly present in dogs.
Here is a guide on how dog behavior and dog brain chemistry interfere with a dog's ability to cognitively function and how drugs may help in some cases, but how important it is to work on behavior modification: Dog Brain Chemistry: Drugs versus Dog Behavior Modification
A canine seizure occurs when a dogs brain becomes suddenly disturbance that occurs suddenly and that ends as suddenly.
The area of the body where the seizure occurs can indicate which side of the dogs brain is causing the problem.
Excellent post and something many veterinarians (or their staff) don't take the time to explain to clients, especially mixed practices that «think with their Dog Brains»... I am sharing this on my FB page, as well as the FB page of the cat hospital where I work.