Learner Reviews & Feedback for Dog Emotion and Cognition by Duke University
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JL
Mar 30, 2025
This course provided valuable insights into how dogs learn through citizen science, which expands data collection beyond the previously limited datasets used by scientists to analyze canine behavior.
RR
May 19, 2020
This course was very informative and interesting. Even people without dogs as pets and having an interest towards pets can take up this course. By doing so, we get to understand ourselves better.
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By Abhishek G
•Aug 10, 2020
While the course certainly provided insights into Dog cognition and their relation with humans, there is much more i was looking for in this. Next, the course could cover the 'how' of dog thinking patterns, if at all that can be known.
By kelly g
•May 27, 2018
I expect the course to concentrate on dog cognition and have a lot more information on dog behaviours and emotions. Although it did cover these areas i felt some weeks i didn't learn anything new about dogs
By Samantha D C
•Jan 6, 2016
I did enjoy this course, but at times I felt a little bored, like it was loosing my interest. Some of the information given was more about other species and I think that's what made it less gripping for me.
By Amanda S
•Aug 18, 2020
Great info but when I try to share the certificate it says signed by John Doe. I expect a mailed certificate with a seal for $50, not a crappy certificate that isn’t signed or able to be displayed.
By Mallory H
•Sep 19, 2020
More of a crash course but there are some very interesting topics. Reading The Genius of dogs along with the course is highly recommended. Some of the review questions are difficult to understand.
By Rosanna L
•May 28, 2017
Interesting course, some of the videos were a little long for the information provided, but was good to hear about comparisons in dogs, wolves and apes and the experiments conducted.
By Rebecca r
•Mar 27, 2019
This course was really interesting and has taught me a lot. However the first few weeks were not as focused on dogs, they tended to be more about apes and humans and evoution.
By Johana S
•Jul 4, 2020
An ideally inclusive offering for you and your companion to explore at home. In-depth evolutionary theory for you, and the toolkit to test the theories with your friend
By Jose L L
•Jun 12, 2020
I learned about dogs only on the latter week 6 -8. wish you could've went with that. The history was okay but it was too dragging for me.
By Wenyi L
•Oct 18, 2015
I have learnt some basic knowledge about dog's congnition. It may be more interesting if I have a dog to take part in these experments.
By Samuel O
•Aug 11, 2020
Didn't really learn about Dog emotions until week 7&8 out of 8 weeks, the first couple of weeks were talking about other animals.
By Ranjini M
•Jun 6, 2020
The course could have been a little more precise. Video lectures could have been more direct. Would have saved a lot of time.
By Emilee G
•Sep 19, 2017
Too much info about evolution and apes etc, not enough with dogs. Good teacher, but not as helpful as I'd hoped.
By Gretchen G
•Dec 30, 2015
Interesting insights into human interactions with dogs. I just could not finish the entire class.
By dreamy1121
•Mar 9, 2017
Compared to the other courses, this one is kind of boring, but learned some origination of dogs :)
By Luyi L
•Jan 2, 2017
Too many gestures, movements and ahhhs, slides available but not downloadable (what's the point?).
By Goti P p
•Jul 7, 2020
this program is really used full to me. i was learning so new type of things to tech my dog.
By sayna p
•Oct 19, 2018
The instructor advertised his book and website so much that it took away from the content.
By Dalia G
•Aug 16, 2020
too detailed, too much information to process but the lecturer was actually pretty fun.
By Beatriz R D
•Jan 22, 2021
It strays away from the main topic 50% of the times, but still very interesting
By Mariana C L
•Jul 16, 2017
En general está ok! pero siento que muchas clases son bastante repetitivas.
By Kelly S
•May 11, 2017
Wasn't my favorite but I enjoyed some of it.
By Paula C
•Jul 2, 2021
a lot of interesting and helpfull facts
By Sandra V
•Mar 31, 2023
Does not meet my expectations
By LaVonia A S
•Aug 25, 2015
Fun course!