Review: What It’s Like to Be a Dog by Gregory Berns

November 30, 2017November 30, 2017Leave a comment

Synopsis: Does your dog really love you? Neuroscientist Gregory Berns used an MRI machine to find out. What is it like to be a dog? A bat? Or a dolphin? To find out, neuroscientist Gregory Berns and his team began with a radical step: they taught dogs to go into an MRI scanner--completely awake. They … Continue reading Review: What It’s Like to Be a Dog by Gregory Berns

Betty the Beast: Why I Call my Hamster ‘Satan’

December 6, 2016December 4, 20168 Comments

Poor Phil the hamster snuffed it a couple of weeks ago - he was already more than middle aged when adopted 6 months ago so I suppose it was his time to go. I'll remember the little bastard fondly though, as the tiny little peanut who kept escaping from his cage and wandering around the … Continue reading Betty the Beast: Why I Call my Hamster ‘Satan’