1. Stanley Coren was born on 1942 and is a psychology professor, neuropsychological researcher and writer on the intelligence, mental abilities and history of dogs.
20 Facts About Stanley Coren
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Stanley Coren writes for Psychology Today in the feature series Canine Corner.
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Stanley Coren went on to teach in The Graduate Faculty of The New School for Social Research in New York, New York before moving to the University of British Columbia in 1973, where he was a psychology professor and the Director of the Human Neuropsychology and Perception Laboratory until 2007.
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Stanley Coren teaches and researches as a professor emeritus and serves as an adjunct professor in the graduate program at Bergin University of Canine Studies.
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Outside of the classroom, Stanley Coren is an aficionado of dogs, and has made a career of research into dog behaviour that has led him to national television and into international media.
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Stanley Coren is an instructor with the Vancouver Dog Obedience Training Club, and has participated in obedience trials and competitions across Canada.
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Stanley Coren has published more than 400 papers and articles in journals like Science, Nature, The New England Journal of Medicine and many more.
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Stanley Coren's research has been recognized with numerous awards over the years, including being named as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
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Stanley Coren began his research career studying vision and visual processes.
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Stanley Coren is credited with several breakthroughs in the study of what is known as subjective contours or illusory contours Later Coren and A Ralph Hakstian developed methods for screening vision and hearing without the use of technical equipment, using behaviorally validated questionnaires.
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Later in his career, Stanley Coren shifted to the study of canine behavior and the relationship that people have with their dogs.
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Stanley Coren's research was discussed widely, and has been printed and discussed in a number of professional journals such as Psychiatric Times.
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Since then, Stanley Coren has gone on to pen a number of other books on dog intelligence, dog learning and thinking ability, the human canine bond and its implications for people in modern society that have continued to make him a favorite among dog lovers.
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Stanley Coren is a regular contributor to a number of dog and pet related magazines including Modern Dog, AKC Family Dog, AnimalSense, and Pets Magazine.
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Stanley Coren is one of the human stars of The Animal Attraction, an Australian Broadcasting Corporation program.
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Stanley Coren was involved in the development of The Dog Companion DVD series aimed at aiding dogs with separation issues, providing video intended to give dogs something they can watch when left alone.
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Stanley Coren has been named as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a Killam Senior Research Fellow.
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Stanley Coren has been elected to fellowship status by the American Psychological Association, Canadian Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science,.
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Stanley Coren's writing and his books have received the Maxwell Medal of Excellence from the Dog Writers Association of America for 2011, and the Animal Behavior Society's Outstanding Children's Book Award for 2007.
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Stanley Coren was named "Writer of the Year" by the International Positive Dog Training Association.