Author Interview with Dr. Nobuo Masataka
Author of the books: CBD and Anxiety in Pets and Humans
1. Please introduce yourself. What would you like your reader to know about you?
-I am the former Professor of Kyoto University and, currently, the Director of Center for Developmental Disorders, locating in Kyoto, Japan. I have published several articles regarding language learning in preverbal infants as well as vocal communication in nonhuman primates. Its outcome is summarized in the book, "The Onset of Language" published from Cambridge University Press. More recently, I am interested in the effects of cannabidiol (CBD) administration on anxiety in humans as well as in pet animals such as the domestic dog and the domestic cat.
2. What is your inspiration/motivation?
-I wanted as many peoples as possible to know about the effectiveness of CBD on alleviating anxiety in humans and pets like cats and dogs. Falk psychology states CBD is good for man and animals, but scientific evidence underlying such statements has been only poorly understood.
3. How long did it take to complete your book from the idea to publication?
-It took half a year because I wrote some articles for regular academic journals simultaneously.
4. What's the main message and idea of your book "CBD and Anxiety in Pets and Humans"?
-Unfortunately, medical doctors are unwilling to know the goodness of CBD for animals because they are preoccupied with treatment of humans. In this book, however, I wanted to let such people know that the well-being of pet animals could also be enhanced by CBD and that such promoted sell-being could eventually lead to promote the sell-being of humans living with those animals.
5. What was the most unexpected conclusion you came up with while preparing "CBD and Anxiety in Pets and Humans"?
-The ancestral dog might have been domesticated as pet animals with CBD exposure, as noted in Chapter 5 of this book.
6. How would you describe your publishing experience with Eliva Press in a few words?
-In SNS, I have seen some criticism over the business of Eliva Press. Through my publishing experience, however, I have found that such criticiem is "fake news". People in Eliva press, including Cristina Mosoi, are just sincere and faithful.
7. What contribution do you think your research makes to the academic field or discipline?
-I believe that the book will contribute to enhance close communication between community of animal behaviour scientists and that of medical scientists.
8. How do you hope readers—especially researchers and students—will use your book in their work or studies?
-I hope readers will find future problems and methodology to solve the problems.
9. What future research topics or projects are you planning to explore next?
-I wish to explore the issue as to why some animals such as ancestral dogs and ancestral cats could be domesticated and why others such as primates could not.