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Mark Spivak
PeerJ Author
305 Points

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Author 270
Preprint Author 35

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Animal Behavior
Neuroscience
Veterinary Medicine

Mark Spivak

PeerJ Author

Summary

Mark received a BS in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley. Professionally he has worked in the sciences in the semiconductor industry and in the fields of applied behavioral psychology, animal behavior, and neuroscience. He owns Comprehensive Pet Therapy, an Atlanta-based business that serves customers nationally who desire pet training and behavior modification services. CPT also trains service dogs for US and Canadian clients with physical, hearing, psychiatric, or cognitive disorders. In addition, Mark co-founded Dog Star Technologies, LLC. Dog Star conducts canine neuroscience research, neuromarketing, and canine product development. Mark also functions as an expert witness in criminal and civil cases involving dog behavior. Along with Emory Professor Gregory Berns, Mark developed the first protocols for producing quality fMRI scans of any non-human animal without the use of sedation or restraints. Berns, Spivak and cohorts have since published 5 papers on their work, have a sixth in peer review, and are collecting data for three additional papers.

Animal Behavior Neuroscience Psychiatry & Psychology Veterinary Medicine

Work details

Chief Operating Officer

Dog Star Technologies, LLC

Comprehensive Pet Therapy

Chief Operating Officer

Dog Star Technologies, LLC

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 2
  • Preprints 1
August 4, 2015
Awake fMRI reveals a specialized region in dog temporal cortex for face processing
Daniel D. Dilks, Peter Cook, Samuel K. Weiller, Helen P. Berns, Mark Spivak, Gregory S. Berns
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1115 PubMed 26290784
September 30, 2014
One pair of hands is not like another: caudate BOLD response in dogs depends on signal source and canine temperament
Peter F. Cook, Mark Spivak, Gregory S. Berns
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.596 PubMed 25289182
May 14, 2015 - Version: 1
Awake fMRI reveals a specialized region in dog temporal cortex for face processing
Daniel D Dilks, Peter Cook, Samuel K Weiller, Helen P Berns, Mark H Spivak, Gregory Berns
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1071v1