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Inside the Mind of a Dog

Directed by Andy Mitchell | Netflix | August 2024

I signed up my dog for a brain study at Harvard. Here’s what I learned. 

By Marcela García | The Boston Globe | March 2024

Your Dog’s Emotions, Explained (Because Dogs Have Feelings, Too!) 

By Janelle Leeson | Rover.com | August 2023

Does your dog care if you die? 

By Alvin Powell | Harvard Gazette | February 2022

New wrinkle in tale of wolf-to-dog evolution 

By Juan Siliezar | Harvard Gazette | July 2021

Breeding Foxes for Opposite Behaviors Produces Similar Brain Changes 

Neuroscience News | June 2021

Did humans truly domesticate dogs? Canine history is more of a mystery than you think.

By Kat McGowan | Popular Science

Hunters, herders, companions: Breeding dogs has reordered their brains

Canine research lends insights into understanding the evolution of the human mind

Harvard Gazette

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How centuries of selective breeding has changed the shape of dogs' brains

CBC: As It Happens

Study Finds Humans Over Time Have 'Systematically' Shaped The Brains Of Dogs

WBUR

Will This Dog Hunt?

For thousands of years, we've bred canines to hunt, herd, help and protect us, and to be our best friends.  But what is it that makes a dog good at its job, and how has all of that breeding affected behavior and personality? 

Georgia State University Magazine

The Incredible Thinking Machine

New tools deepen our understanding of how brains work.

Discover Magazine