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Inside of a Dog

aboriginal sensible muchness,
26

acclimation,
30
–31,
110

Adobe Garamond,
57

adrenaline,
84
,
249

Africa,
135

algae,
106
,
134

alignment in walking,
146
,
150
,
173

American Museum of Natural History,
41
–42

ampersands,
63
,
68
–69

amygdala,
179
–80,
234
n

anaerobic infections,
162
,
176
,
178

animals:

   attraction and,
99
,
104
,
111
,
126
,
134
,
146

   avoidance and,
110
,
117
127
,
129
,
131
–32,
145
–46,
150
,
225

   search image in,
107
–9,
124

   sensory world of,
77

   swarms of,
146
,
150
–51

animate city,
15

animism,
37
–39

animistic error,
38

antidepressants,
151

ants,
94
,
97
,
103
,
105
,
145
–46

aphids,
97
,
99
–100,
104

arms,
198
,
200

   swinging of,
163
,
173
,
256
,
264

Art Deco,
63

Arthropoda,
94

articulation of sound,
222

artificial intelligence,
146

Art Moderne,
63

Art Nouveau,
70
–71

asphalt,
6
,
27
,
42
,
46
,
156
,
220
–21,
238
,
251
n
–52
n,
261

attention,
1
–4,
9
–15,
65
,
126
,
146
,
150
,
160
,
188
n

   absence of,
2
–3,
9
,
14
,
24
,
45
,

   123–24,
181
,
189
,
265

   cell phones and,
206
–7

   children and,
26
,
31
,
35
–36,
38
,
258

   dogs and,
241
,
246
–47,
251
–52,
263

   evolution and development of,
10
–11,
26
,
83

   expectation and,
122
–23

   
eyesight and,
192
–93,
195

   in infants,
22
,
24
–25

   Kalman and,
77
,
82

   Kent and,
141
–42,
152

   Lorber and,
162
,
180
–81

   meanings of,
9
–10,
12
–14

   mindfulness and,
14
–15

   selective,
12
,
263
–64

   sound and,
213
,
220
,
227
,
240

   typefaces and,
70

attraction,
97

   and birds and animals,
99
,
104
,
111
,
126
,
134
,
146

   of insects,
97
,
103
–4,
146

   sexual,
83
–84

   smells and,
11

   sound and,
213
,
224

   in walking,
51
,
65
,
142
,
146

auditory cortex,
23
,
193

auditory restoration,
224

avoidance,
3
–4,
108

   and birds and animals,
110
,
117
127
,
129
,
131
–32,
145
–46,
150
,
225

   smells and,
249

   sound and,
197
,
225

   vision and,
9
,
65
,
82
,
110
,
202

   in walking,
145
–50,
157
,
166
,
202

awnings,
6
,
60
,
65
,
72
,
174
,
177
,
198
–99,
223

ballerinas,
180

balls, sound of,
219
–21

Baltimore, Md.,
131
–32

banks,
153
–54

basal ganglia,
166

basalt,
43

bathrooms, sounds of,
222
–23

bats,
114
,
135
,
197
,
225
–26

beagles,
5
,
241

bedbugs,
103
,
135

bedrock,
50
,
251
n

bees,
99
,
104
,
229
n

beetles,
93
–94,
100
,
104
–5,
107

   tortoise,
93
,
99
,
111
–12

Belgian Federal Police,
208

Bell, Alexander Graham,
218
n

Bell, Joseph,
159
–60

Bernoulli principle,
204
–5

Berra, Yogi,
19

bingo,
85

biomass,
42

bipedalism,
34
,
164
–65

birch trees and leaves,
98
–99,
106

birds,
66
,
114
,
121
–22,
131
,
134
,
187
,
229
n,
230
–31,
261
–62

   attraction and,
99
,
104
,
126
,
146

   avoidance and,
132
,
145

   and beetles and moths,
107
–8,
117

   flocks of,
132
–33,
145

   vocalizing of,
21
,
116
–17,
136
,
176
,
212
,
216
–17,
223
,
226
,
236
–37,
261

   
see also specific kinds of birds

blindfolds,
201
–3

blindness,
4
,
188
–206,
225

   face,
49
n

   of Gordon,
188
–90,
195
–96,
198
202
–3,
209

   inattentional,
123
–24

   of infants,
193
–94

   other senses and,
190
–99,
208

blind spots,
224
–25

blooming, buzzing confusion,
11
,
28

blowflies,
93
,
97

bluestone,
53
–54

boids,
146

boulders,
46
,
51
,
54

brain,
10
–14,
68
,
72
–73,
85
,
195
,
244

   attention and,
10
,
14
,
24

   of birds,
145

   computational capacity of,
11
–12

   
cortices of,
22
–23,
83
–84,
109
,
178
–79,
189
–93,
201
,
234
n

   creativity and,
88
–89,
201

   of Einstein,
107
,
160
–61

   expectations of,
124

   expert vs. naive,
47
–49,
180
,
193

   face recognition and,
49

   infants and,
27
,
58
–59,
190
,
234
n

   of monkeys,
178
–79,
190
–91,
200

   plasticity of,
192
–94,
201

   smell and,
191
,
193
,
245
n,
249

   social,
83

   sound and,
23
,
150
,
191
,
193
,
219
,
224
,
233
,
239

   vision and,
22
–23,
49
,
83
,
109
,
124
,
189
–91,
225
,
264

   in walking,
146
,
150
–51,
166
,
200

bricks,
5
,
41
,
44
,
67
,
70
,
94
,
96
,
97
,
104
,
125
,
132
,
134
,
156
,
198
,
204
,
221
,
260
,
262

Bristol, England,
138

Broadway,
5
,
7
,
31
,
139
–40,
142
–43,
145
,
206
,
228

Brodmann, Korbinian,
191
–92

brownstone,
5
–6,
41
,
53
–54

Bryant Park,
158
n

bryozoans,
52

Buddhist temple,
79

Bureau of Incumbrances,
156
–57

Burroughs, John,
41

buses,
32
,
51
,
61
,
141
,
152
–53,
177
–78,
211
–13,
215
,
217
,
223
,
226
–29,
243
–44,
251
n

butyric acid,
45
n

Cage, John,
216
–17,
227

cakes, drawing of,
76

cameras,
78
,
107
,
140
–41,
148
,
228

Canada geese,
137

canes, cane work,
195
–202,
204
–5,
209
,
223

cannibalism,
150

capoeiristas,
180

carriage horses,
124

caterpillars,
8
,
93
,
127
,
262

Catskills,
54

cellists, brains of,
193

cell phones,
33
n,
35
,
63
,
142
,
150
,
161
,
177
,
205
–8,
231
,
257
,
263

Central Park,
46
–47,
51

Cézanne, Paul,
27

chairs,
1
,
27
,
37
,
39
,
78
,
157
–58,
163

Charney, Noah,
95

chess masters,
48
–49

Chicago, Ill.,
138

children:

   attention and,
26
,
31
,
35
–36,
38
,
258

   language production of,
37
–39,
58
–59