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Inside of a Dog_ What Dogs See, Smell, and Know - Alexandra Horowitz [133]

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218, 234–35

see also infants, human

chimpanzees

animal cognition research on, 4–5, 102n, 145, 147, 148, 150–51, 157, 193

begging experiments with, 156

big-brain hypothesis and, 8–9

contagious yawns and, 280

human evolution and, 61–62, 62n

"mark" test of self-awareness, 218–19, 220

smile of, 16

chow chow, 3, 50

cilia, smell and, 71, 74

circadian rhythms, 88, 212–15, 227–28

see also time, experience of

cities and city design

grid-based, 86–87

human visual perception and, 136–37

life of urban dogs, 163, 283–85

in odor control, 86–87

paving, 86–87

personal space and, 17

sounds and, 251–52

street filth and, 56, 295

Clever Hans, 163–66

clicker training, 256n

see also training

cloned dogs, 52

clothing

anthropomorphism and, 17–19, 29, 56

dog height and, 244–45

odors on, 71, 75–76, 77, 78, 85, 244

raincoats for dogs, 17–19

coats for dogs, 17–19

cognition. see animal cognition; physical cognition; social cognition

collie, 48, 96–97, 98

color vision, 128–29, 250, 252

see also vision

commands, 60, 96, 157–58, 171–72, 231, 231n

learning to obey, 182–83, 189–90, 204n, 285–86

communication, 89–119

asking dogs in, 26–28

barks as, 98, 105–8, 152–54, 171

of bats, 91, 241–43

body language in, 91, 108–14, 118

commands in. see commands

of dogs, 1–2, 5–6, 89–91, 108–18. see also sounds made; urine

dog tells, 292–93

of elephants, 91

eye contact in, 45–47

of fireflies, 91–92

of frogs, 92

human vocalizations, 90–91

intentional, 115–18

keyboard use in, 145n

of monkeys, 91, 94

naming, 96–97, 98, 295–97

pitch of sounds made, 93–96, 98–108

pointing in, 49, 143, 150–52, 287

posture in, 80–81, 89–90, 108, 109–10, 111, 153 prosody in, 93–94, 95, 251

shaking in, 113–14

showing, 154

of socialized wolves, 63–64

urine as, 22, 82–84, 114–18

see also language

comparative psychology, 206–7

concealing behavior, 234–35

confirmation bias, 169n

conversational maxims, 97–98

coprophagia (feces eating), 73

cortisol, 172–73, 279–80 see also hormones

countermarking, 117

counting ability, 163–66, 210

coursing dogs, 48

courting behavior, 83–84, 277–78

cows, slaughterhouse behavior of, 136, 251n

coyotes, 34

cries, 101

critical/sensitive period, 42–43, 222n, 262

cropping ears, 92

cross-species bond, 259–82

crouching, 110–11

cuteness, 264

dachshund, 40, 48, 53n

darting eyes, 148

Darwin, Charles, 29, 102n, 109

daydreaming, 88

deaf persons, dog companions for, 162, 240 death, 235–37

deception, 80, 169, 192–93, 201, 234–35

demonstration, 186–90

depression

in dogs, 14, 16, 26, 27, 112

in rats, 27–28

Derrida, Jacques, 281–82

dholes, 34

diabetes, detection of, 81

see also olfaction

dingoes, 34

disease

bonding in prevention of, 279–80

olfaction in detection of, 81–82

DNA. see genes

Doberman, 51, 53n, 229–30

docked tails, 114

"dog fancy" shows, 49n

dog groomers, 85–86, 292

dog heroes. see emergencies

dog whistle, 93

dog years, 222n

dolphins

brain size of, 9n

self-awareness of, 219

smile of, 16

domestication, 33–65

archeological evidence of, 39–40

artificial selection in, 6, 35–37

definition of, 33–34

DNA evidence of, 39–40

dog-human bond and, 260

food preferences and, 33, 34

process of, 35–37, 38–47, 60–61, 64–65

of silver foxes, 35–37

theory of, 38–47

wolves and, 38–47, 55–61

dominance

body language showing, 110–11, 112, 114

in electric shock research, 19n

eye contact in, 147

hormones and, 172

licking and, 30–31

in marking behavior, 117

sounds made and, 102

in training dogs, 57–61

in wolves versus dogs, 18–19, 40, 147, 148

dopamine, 261

dreaming, 88, 124, 213, 213n

ducks

chasing behavior of, 141

greeting behavior of, 272

ears, 92–98, 109–10, 113

see also audition; sounds made eating tone, 24

eavesdropping, with video camera, 291–92

echolocation, 91, 241–43

Egypt, dog breeds in ancient, 48–49

electric shock research, 19n

elephants

brain size of, 9n

communication of, 91

flehmen, 74

periscope sniff, 69

roses and, 22

self-awareness of, 219

Elizabethan collar, 86

emergencies

knowledge of,

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