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Inside of a Dog_ What Dogs See, Smell, and Know - Alexandra Horowitz [135]

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and, 169–71

dogs bred for, 43, 49, 53–54

style of dogs, 43, 57, 57n, 59

style of wolves, 34, 38–40, 43, 57n, 58

in training dogs, 57–61

husky, 42n, 48, 50, 114, 135

hyenas, 34n

hypothalamus, 212–13

Ibizan Hound, 48–49n

imitation

in animal cognition research, 183–90

blue tit and chickadee behavior, 185

demonstration and, 186–90

"do as I do" task, 142–43, 186–90

of facial expressions, 142–43, 173, 277

learning through, 183–86

mirroring, 152–53

overimitation by children, 188, 188n

role in bonding process, 274–79

stimulus enhancement versus, 184–90

true imitation, 189–90

India, free-ranging dogs in, 83–84, 117–18

individuality

genetic differences and, 51–55

of humans versus dogs, 8–9

infants, human

attachment in, 43

bonding and, 267–69, 277

cuteness of, 264

developmental stages, 43, 141–44, 146

facial recognition by, 142–43

gaze following in, 150

imitation of smile, 143, 173, 277

motherese and, 95–96

object permanence and, 178–79

overimitation by, 188, 188n

visual perception in, 142

see also children

instincts, 236–37

intelligence, 175–207

brain size and, 8–9, 44

counting ability, 163–66, 210

dog intelligence tests, 175–81

learning from others, 176, 181–83

linguistic ability in, 94–95, 96–97

problem solving, 44–45, 175–81

tool use and, 44–45, 177

see also animal cognition; physical cognition; social cognition

invisible displacement, test of, 177–78

in-your-face attention-getter, 152, 200, 203

irises, 125, 148

Irish setter, 50

Irish terrier, 50

isolation

eavesdropping, with video camera, 291–92

impact on bonding, 268–69

isolation barks, 107

lack of marking and, 116

noise making of dogs and, 118

jackals, 34

Jack Russell, 245

jaguars, 15

joint attention, 58

Kanzi (bonobo), 145n

keyboard use, 145n

Kipling, Rudyard, 119

kisses, dog, 29–31

see also licking

Koko (gorilla), 273 komondor, 113

Labrador retriever, 53, 127–28, 237–38

language

barks compared with, 105–6

commands. see commands

human use of, 26–27, 64, 94

linguistic ability of animals, 94–95, 96–97, 145n

role in memory, 224

vocabulary in, 96–97, 145n

Larson, Gary, 95

laughter, 103–4

learned helplessness, 19n

learned optimism/pessimism, 27–28

learning, 176, 181–83

associative, 10–11, 167–68, 182, 225, 232–33, 289

through demonstration, 186–90

through imitation, 183–86

to obey commands, 182–83, 189–90, 204n, 285–86 from observation, 26–28, 183–90

of umwelt of blind companion, 134–35, 162, 274 see also training

leg bands, 296n

licking

Elizabethan collar and, 86

functional use of, 29–31

as greeting, 29, 30–31, 65, 247, 272–73

muzzle licking, 30–31

in olfaction, 30–31, 73, 74

to prompt regurgitation by mother, 29–30, 272–73

sonorous mouth licking, 152

urine, 73, 74

of world, 246–47

lifetime, length of, 222n, 264

Linnaean classification, 38n

lizards, vomeronasal organ in, 73

looking. see vision

Lorenz, Konrad, 83, 116–17, 141n, 261–62, 272–73

marking

anal sacs in, 84–85, 112, 117

audience and, 117–18

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

scratching ground in, 85

urine in, 22, 76, 82–84, 114–18

markings, 296

marmosets, sniff in, 69

mastiff, 48–49, 50, 221

mating. see sexuality

mazes, 144

McClintock, Martha, 73n

memoirs, pet, 119, 225–27

memory, 222–28

associations and, 225

autobiographical memory, 119, 225–27

prodigious human memory, 224

willpower and, 226–27

mimicry, 94

mirror

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

recognition in, 217–20

mirroring, 152–53

mitochondrial DNA, 39–40

moan, 100, 101–2

mongoose

hyena relation to, 34n

marking by, 84

mongrels, 47, 52

monkeys

animal cognition research on, 157

anthropomorphism and, 263n

big-brain hypothesis and, 8–9

bonding and, 267–69

communication of, 91, 94

eyebrows raised in display, 16

eye contact in, 148

in zoos, 158–59

monosodium glutamate, 30

mothers

licking behavior and, 29–30, 272–73

motherese and, 95–96

touch between child and, 267–69

see also bonding

motion blindness, 132

motion sensitivity, 48, 54, 123–24, 129–32, 167, 244–45,

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