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ryannorth: Dogs: what are they thinking? Hey!! LET’S USE SCIENCE TO FIND OUT: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/05/dog-brain-scans/ Brain scans of dogs could give researchers a new tool for studying what happens in the mind of man’s best friend.“I think it could open a whole new type of research on cognition,” said neuroscientist Greg Berns of Emory University, lead author on a dog-scanning study that will be published in Public Library of Science One.Berns described the initial findings, in which brain regions expected to become active in anticipation of reward did just that, as a proof-of-concept to show that studying a dog inside a functional magnetic resonance imager was logistically feasible. 

ryannorth:

Dogs: what are they thinking?

Hey!!

LET’S USE SCIENCE TO FIND OUT: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/05/dog-brain-scans/

Brain scans of dogs could give researchers a new tool for studying what happens in the mind of man’s best friend.

“I think it could open a whole new type of research on cognition,” said neuroscientist Greg Berns of Emory University, lead author on a dog-scanning study that will be published in Public Library of Science One.

Berns described the initial findings, in which brain regions expected to become active in anticipation of reward did just that, as a proof-of-concept to show that studying a dog inside a functional magnetic resonance imager was logistically feasible. 

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    Jesus, come on, that’s totally a violation of canine privacy laws. How would you like it if someone could look inside...
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    what are they thinking? Hey!! LET’S USE SCIENCE TO FIND OUT: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/05/dog-brain-scans/
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