Dogs always seem to be drawn to people with a regulated nervous system. They appreciate the calmness of a human who's regulated in their behaviors and actions, largely because they often adopt the ...

It’s clear, we love our dogs. Nearly half of U.S. households have one, and many owners see pets as part of the family — 51 percent say pets belong “as much as a human member.” Pet ownership keeps ...

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Are dogs people? Psychology Today blogger Gregory Berns thinks so. Recently, in a New York Times op ed titled, “Dogs Are People, Too” Berns, a professor of neuroeconomics at Emory University, argued ...

A recent essay in the New York Times by Psychology Today contributor and Emory University Distinguished Professor of Neuroeconomics and Director of the Center for Neuropolicy Gregory Berns called ...

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