Clive D.L. Wynne
BEHAVIORAL SCIENTIST

Clive’s Writing for a Broader Audience

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Molinaro, H. G., & Wynne, C. D. L. (May 26, 2025). Humans believe they understand their dogs. Our research gave us pause. The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2025/dogs-humans-emotions/

 

Wynne, C. D. L.  (2022, February 5). Are pet dogs just suffering from Stockholm syndrome, or do they genuinely enjoy our company? New Scientist, 253(3372), 56.

https://www.newscientist.com/lastword/mg25333721-300-do-pet-dogs-truly-love-us-or-just-experience-stockholm-syndrome/

 

Wynne, C. D. L. (2021, October 30). Could a dog truly love a Robot? Slate. https://slate.com/technology/2021/10/furgen-response-can-dogs-love-machines.html

 

Wynne, C. D. L. (2021, August 15). What does dominance mean to your dog? Washington Post. 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/08/12/dogs-dominance-behavior-training/

 

Wynne, C. D. L. (2020, August 24). Our dogs have been there for us. Will we be there for them when the pandemic ends? Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/lifestyle/dogs-loneliness-coronavirus/

 

Wynne, C. D. L. (2020, June 13). Call off the dogs, Mr. Trump. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/13/opinion/george-floyd-trump-protesters-dogs.html

 

Wynne, C. D. L. (2020). Dogs are all about love. Transformations: A Los Angeles Review of Books Channel, https://www.transformationnarratives.com/blog/2020/06/11/dogs-are-all-about-love

 

Wynne, C. D. L. (2020). Could a dog pick the next president? The Conversation. http://theconversation.com/could-a-dog-pick-the-next-president-132719

 

Wynne, C. D. L. (2019). Why do dogs love humans? K9 Magazine, Issue 129, 22-23.

https://www.k9magazine.com/why-do-dogs-love-humans/

 

Wynne, C. D. L. (2019, December 15). Dogs’ secret superpower: Not intelligence, but love. BBC Science Focus Magazine. https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/dogs-secret-superpower-not-intelligence-but-love/

 

Wynne, C. D. L., & Gunter, L. M. (2017, June 9). Stop stereotyping dogs. Slate. http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2017/06/breed_labels_don_t_tell_you_much_when_you_re_adopting_a_dog.html

 

Wynne, C.D.L. (11 January 2017). This is why you can’t help babbling to your dog like it’s a baby. New Scientist.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2117726-this-is-why-you-cant-help-babbling-to-your-dog-like-its-a-baby/

 

Wynne, C. D. L. (Dec 19, 2012). Dogs – great people pleasers, less good as chauffeurs. New Scientist. 

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23019-dogs--great-people-pleasers-less-good-as-chauffeurs.html

 

Wynne, C. D. L. (2009). Going to the dogs. Syndicated to numerous international newspapers, including; The Korea Times; The Toronto Globe and Mail; L’Orient Le Jour (Lebanon); Die Welt (Germany); Dnevnik (Slovenia), Epoca Negocios (Brazil), Al-Sabah Al-Jadeed (Iraq), Jordan Times, Al Jarida (Kuwait).

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/going-to-the-dogs

 

Wynne, C. D. L. (2008). Aping Language: a skeptical analysis of the evidence for nonhuman primate language. Skeptic 13, 10-14.  http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/07-10-31.html#feature

 

Wynne, C. D. L. (Dec. 12, 2005). Kissing cousins. New York Times.

https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/12/opinion/kissing-cousins.html

 

Wynne, C. D. L. (2004). Does your dog understand you? The Scientist. 18, 18-19.

https://www.the-scientist.com/does-your-dog-understand-you-1-49215