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Inside of a Dog_ What Dogs See, Smell, and Know - Alexandra Horowitz [139]

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tail

docked, 114

in greetings, 3, 31, 256–57

meaning of wags, 3, 31, 112–13 use of, 111–14

tapetum lucidum, 125

taste

importance of, 122

reception, 30

types of flavors, 30

teeth

showing, 110

tooth-snapping, 100

television-watching, 157

flicker-fusion rate and, 131–32

in observing animals, 14

see also vision

tells, dog, 292–93

temperament, 47–48, 55

termites, sounds made by, 93

terriers, 5, 47–48, 49, 50, 53n, 56

territory marking, 83–84

testosterone, 172

see also hormones

theory of mind, 190–207

children and, 192–93, 218, 234–35

comparative psychology and, 206–7

concept of, 190–92

dog mind and, 193–206

false belief task, 192–93, 201

nonverbal test of, 192–93

play and, 196–205

rudimentary theory of mind, 204–5

self-awareness and, 217–22

thermotactile sensory probe (Fox), 269

threshold differences, 52–55

ticks, deer, 20–22

time, 211–17, 251–56

boredom and, 216–17, 288–89

bumblebee use of, 215

circadian rhythms, 88, 212–15, 227–28

dog "pacemaker" and, 212–15

dog years and, 222n

memories and, 119, 222–28

odors and, 72, 77, 78–79, 84, 227–28, 254–56

regulation of, 274–79

temporal patterns in bonding, 274–79

time-telling by dogs, 227–28

Tinbergen, Niko, 147n

tool use, 44–45, 177

tooth-snapping, 100

tortoises, sniff in, 69

touch

as element in bonding, 266–71, 293

between mother and child, 267–69

petting, 266–67, 293

sense of, 122, 269–71 see also licking

toy dogs, 49, 290–91

toys

ball retrieval, 126–32, 154

color vision and, 128–29

dog beds and, 25

dog naming of, 96–97, 98

object displacement and, 177–79

size of objects, 247–50

tracking, 48, 57n

olfaction in, 76, 77–78

style of dogs, 48, 57n

style of wolves, 57n

vision in, 123–24, 143

training

associative learning in, 10–11, 167–68, 182

clickers in, 256n

dogs' reading of trainers in, 166–72

domestication of dogs and, 33–34

for emergencies, 240

guidelines for, 285–86

learning from others, 176, 181–83

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

by owners, 10–11, 25–26 pack analogy and, 57–61

"psychic powers" of animals, 163–72, 251–52

punishment versus reward in, 60–61, 286

for scent recognition, 76, 77–78, 81–82

successes in, 11

wolf versus dog behavior and, 55–61

see also learning

trotting, 290

tuberculosis, detection of, 81

typhoid fever, detection of, 81

ultrasonic sounds, 91, 93, 241–43

umami taste, 30

umwelt

"acting into,"23#8211;24

anthropomorphism versus, 14–17, 23, 31–32, 263n, 294–96

of blind companion, 134–35, 162, 274

de-animalizing of dogs, 295

defined, 20

of dogs, 13–19, 22, 23, 24–26, 31–32, 132–37, 241–58, 287–88

functional tones and, 24–26

of humans, 21–22, 24–26, 93n

impact of dogs on human, 283–84

of ticks, 20–22

unfriendly behavior, 171–72

uniformity of species, 8–9

urine

as communication, 22, 82–84, 114–18

in detection of cancer, 81–82

ground scratching associated with, 85

hippopotamus marking, 84

licking, 73, 74

marking behavior, 22, 76, 82–84, 114–18

mongoose marking, 84

odor of, 22, 76, 82–84, 114–18

pheromones in, 73, 74, 83

punishment associated with, 60–61

raised-leg display, 83, 116, 117–18 rhinoceros marking, 84

vasopressin, 261 see also hormones

veterinarian, smell of fear and, 84–85

video cameras, 5–6, 113, 198–99, 231–32, 245, 291–92

vision, 121–37

anatomy of dog eye, 124–32

animal behavior affected by, 15n, 126–32

animal observation of humans, 161–73

area centralis, 127

balls and, 126–32, 154

color vision, 128–29, 250, 252

dog companions for blind persons, 43, 134–35, 152, 162, 274

dog visual field, 135–37

flicker-fusion rate, 130–32

foveae in, 126–27

human visual perception, 21–22, 67–68, 72–73, 135–37, 141–44 lateral versus panoramic, 124, 127–28

motion sensitivity and, 48, 54, 123–24, 129–32, 167, 244–45, 249, 250–51

night vision, 48, 125, 128–30

photoreceptors, 48, 126, 127–32, 168

purpose of, 122–24

retina in, 125, 126–32, 135–36, 249

sclera, 125

tapetum lucidum, 125

television-watching, 14, 131–32, 157

in tracking prey, 123–24, 143

visual attention, 139

visual streak,

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