What are dogs thinking?

Dogs go through their developmental stages much more quickly than humans do, attaining their full emotional range by the time they are 4 to 6 months old. Much like a human toddler, a dog has the basic emotions: joy, fear, anger, disgust, excitement, contentment, distress, and even love. read more

Given how responsive our dogs are to us, it’s tempting to believe that they do understand us, and indeed dogs pass several theory of mind “tests” (imitation, deception, role-taking, responding to begging) – in some instances, more convincingly than chimpanzees do. read more

: Expert Q&A. Posted 11.01.12; NOVA scienceNOW; The leader of the Dog Cognition Lab in New York City and an expert in canine cognition answers questions on everything from whether dogs know what we're thinking to whether they suffer from schizophrenia. read more