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from Phys.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What makes dogs so special? Science says love<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

by Issam Ahmed <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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True love: a woman and her Valentine’s Day date pose behind a heart-shaped pastry during a February 14 Paris flash mob<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The idea that animals can experience love was once anathema to the psychologists who studied them, seen as a case of putting sentimentality before scientific rigor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But a new book argues that, when it comes to dogs, the word is necessary to understanding what has made the relationship between humans and our best friends one of the most significant interspecies partnerships in history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clive Wynne, founder the Canine Science Collaboratory at Arizona State University, makes the case in “Dog is Love: Why and How Your Dog Loves You.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The animal psychologist, 59, began studying dogs in the early 2000s, and, like his peers, believed that to ascribe complex emotions to them was to commit the sin of anthropomorphism\u2014until he was swayed by a body evidence that was growing too big to ignore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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