Everything You Need to Know About Dog Brains!

#dogs #science #brain

Hey there neuronauts! In this video, we will be learning all about dog brains! I made a video about cat brains before, and it did pretty well compared to my other videos! I'm caving to the pressure and making another pet related neuroscience video! In this video, we will discuss the structure and size of the canine brain, as well as some interesting dog behaviors. We will be comparing the canine brain to other animals, and we will also talk about some famous dogs in neuroscience research. Finally, we will discuss brain diseases/problems, in dogs, and will end by chatting about anise (the catnip of dogs). This is another long one, so see if you can make it all the way through! Take care of your brains!

=== LINKS ===

My video on cat brains:    • Everything You Need to Know About Cat...  

My conversation with Andrew Cooper-Sansone:    • Talking About Neuroscience with Athan...  

=== CHAPTERS ===

0:00 Introduction
1:30 Size and structure of the canine brain
4:08 Comparing dog brains to other animal brains
5:19 Why do dogs eat doo-doo?
5:58 Can dogs recognize human faces?
6:29 Do dogs know their names?
7:18 Do dogs exhibit the cocktail party effect?
7:50 Do dogs use eye contact for communication?
8:12 Can dogs talk to you using buttons?
10:03 Ivan Pavlov and classical conditioning
10:46 Demikhov's two-headed dogs
12:21 Rabies
14:16 Encephalitis and Meningitis
15:06 Cerebellar Degeneration
15:32 Worms and Coneurosis
16:51 Anise: Catnip for Dogs?
18:41 Conclusion

=== REFERENCES / FURTHER READING ===

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Tempelmann S, Kaminski J, Tomasello M. Do domestic dogs learn words based on humans' referential behaviour? PLoS One. 2014 Mar 19;9(3):e91014. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091014. PMID: 24646732; PMCID: PMC3960120: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Mallikarjun, A., Shroads, E. & Newman, R.S. The cocktail party effect in the domestic dog (Canis familiaris). Anim Cogn 22, 423–432 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-019-01...

Kaminski, J., Schulz, L. and Tomasello, M. (2012), How dogs know when communication is intended for them. Developmental Science, 15: 222-232. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7687.2...

Robert J. Jeske & Lawrence A. Kuznar (2001) Canine Digging Behavior and Archaeological Implications, Journal of Field Archaeology, 28:3-4, 383-394, DOI: 10.1179/jfa.2001.28.3-4.383: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1...

Jardim-Messeder Débora, Lambert Kelly, Noctor Stephen, Pestana Fernanda M., de Castro Leal Maria E., Bertelsen Mads F., Alagaili Abdulaziz N., Mohammad Osama B., Manger Paul R., Herculano-Houzel Suzana. Dogs Have the Most Neurons, Though Not the Largest Brain: Trade-Off between Body Mass and Number of Neurons in the Cerebral Cortex of Large Carnivoran Species. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 11 (2017), 10.3389/fnana.2017.00118, 1662-5129: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/...