Brian Hare, PhD

Title

Scientist, New York Times bestselling author and co-founder of Dognition.com

Presentation Description:

Brian Hare, PhD, scientist, New York Times bestselling author and co-founder of Dognition.com, will present the closing keynote address for Petfood Forum 2018 on Wednesday, April 25. Hare will discuss his recent research on canine cognition and his work determining dogs’ individual cognitive styles – the thinking, learning and problem-solving strategies that influence their behavior – and the nature of the bond between dogs and ourselves.

Experience:

Hare is associate professor of evolutionary anthropology at Duke University in North Carolina and a core member of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience. He received his doctorate from Harvard University, founded the Hominoid Psychology Research Group while at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and subsequently created the Duke Canine Cognition Center when arriving at Duke. Hare has co-authored three books and published over 100 scientific papers including in Science, Nature and PNAS. His work has been featured on television shows including “60 Minutes,” “NOVA” and “Nature” as well as the series “Is your dog a genius?” that he hosted for National Geographic Wild. Hare’s book The Genius of Dogs, written with his wife Vanessa Woods, was a New York Times bestseller. Together they also founded the citizen science company Dognition.com. Their new book, Survival of the Friendliest, will be published by Random House in 2018.