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The smell culture reader.
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The smell culture reader.
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on sniffing:
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on human pheromone detection:
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on smelling us:
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on distinguishing twins by scent:
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on bloodhounds:
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on using footsteps to detect trail:
Hepper, P. G, and D. L. Wells. 2005. How many footsteps do dogs need to determine the direction of an odour trail?
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on the smell of tuberculosis:
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on the smell of disease:
Drobnick, 2006. Syrotuck, 1972.
on cancer detection:
a partial list of the many studies:
McCulloch, M., T. Jezierski, M. Broffman, A. Hubbard, K. Turner, and T. Janecki. 2006. Diagnostic accuracy of canine scent detection in early-and late-stage lung and breast cancers.
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Integrative Cancer Therapies, 5,
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British Medical Journal, 329,
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on epileptic seizure detection:
Dalziel, D. J., B. M. Uthman, S. P. McGorray, and R. L. Reep. 2003. Seizure-alert dogs: A review and preliminary study.
Seizure, 12,
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Seizure, 12,
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Doherty, M. J., and A. M. Haltiner. 2007. Wag the dog: Skepticism on seizure alert canines.
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Neurology, 68,
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Kirton, A., E. Wirrell, J. Zhang, and L. Hamiwka. 2004. Seizure-alerting and -response behaviors in dogs living with epileptic children.
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Neurology,
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on urine marking:
Lindsay, 2005.
Lorenz, K. 1954.
Man meets dog.
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Man meets dog.
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on bladders' single use:
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on anal sacs:
Harrington and Asa, 2003.
Natynczuk, S., J. W. S. Bradshaw, and D. W. Macdonald. 1989. Chemical constituents of the anal sacs of domestic dogs.
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Biochemical
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on anal sacs and vets:
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on scratching the ground after marking:
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on antibiotics and smell:
Attributed to John Bradshaw by Coghlan, A. September 23, 2006. Animal welfare: See things from their perspective. NewScientist.com.
on the Manhattan grid:
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The smell culture reader
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on brambish and brunky:
These words were coined by
Calvin and Hobbes
artist Bill Watterson, and put in the mouth of his cartoon tiger Hobbes.
Calvin and Hobbes
artist Bill Watterson, and put in the mouth of his cartoon tiger Hobbes.
"brilliant smell of water …":
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San Francisco: Ignatius Press, p. 556. (In this same poem he commented on the relative "noselessness" of man.)
MUTEThe collected works of G. K.
Chesterton.
San Francisco: Ignatius Press, p. 556. (In this same poem he commented on the relative "noselessness" of man.)
"blank bewilderment":
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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, p. 44.
Flush: A biography.
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"uncommunicating muteness":
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Essays of Elia.
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Essays of Elia.
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on the dog's hearing range:
Harrington and Asa, 2003.
on the "Mosquito" teenager repellent:
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The New York
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on alarm clocks:
Bodanis, D. 1986.
The secret house: 24 hours in the strange and unexpected world
in which we spend our nights and days.
New York: Simon & Schuster.
The secret house: 24 hours in the strange and unexpected world
in which we spend our nights and days.
New York: Simon & Schuster.
on growls:
Faragó, T., F. Range, Zs. Virányi, and P. Pongrácz. 2008. The bone is mine! Context-specific vocalisation in dogs. Paper presented at Canine Science Forum, Budapest, Hungary.
on dog and wolf sounds:
Fox, 1971.
Harrington and Asa, 2003.
on laughs:
Simonet, O., M. Murphy, and A. Lance. 2001. Laughing dog: Vocalizations of domestic dogs during play encounters. Animal Behavior Society conference, Corvallis, OR.
on distinguishing high-pitched sounds:
McConnell, P. B. 1990. Acoustic structure and receiver response in domestic dogs,
Canis familiaris. Animal Behaviour, 39,
897–904.
Canis familiaris. Animal Behaviour, 39,
897–904.
on Rico and other vocabularians:
Kaminski, J. 2008. Dogs' understanding of human forms of communication. Paper presented at the Canine Science Forum, Budapest, Hungary.
Kaminski, J., J. Call, and J. Fischer. 2004. Word learning in a domestic dog: Evidence for "fast mapping."
Science, 304,
1682–1683.
Science, 304,
1682–1683.
on conversational maxims:
Grice, P. 1975. Logic and conversation. In P. Cole and J. L. Morgan, eds.,
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acts
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Speech
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on whimpers, barks, and other vocalizations:
Bradshaw, J. W. S., and H. M. R. Nott. 1995. Social and communication behaviour of companion dogs. In J. Serpell, ed.,
The domestic dog: Its evolution, behaviour,
and interactions with people
(pp. 115–130). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
The domestic dog: Its evolution, behaviour,
and interactions with people
(pp. 115–130). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Cohen, J. A., and M. W. Fox. 1976. Vocalizations in wild canids and possible effects of domestication.
Behavioural Processes, 1,
77–92.
Behavioural Processes, 1,
77–92.
Harrington and Asa, 2003.
Tembrock, G. 1976. Canid vocalizations.
Behavioural Processes, 1,
57–75.
Behavioural Processes, 1,
57–75.
on characteristics and kinds of barks:
Molnár, C., P. Pongrácz, A. Dóka, and Á. Miklósi. 2006. Can humans discriminate between dogs on the base of the acoustic parameters of barks?
Behavioural
Processes, 73,
76–83.
Behavioural
Processes, 73,
76–83.
Yin, S., and B. McCowan. 2004. Barking in domestic dogs: Context specificity and individual identification.
Animal Behaviour, 68,
343–355.
on dog bark decibels:
Moffat
et al.
2003. Effectiveness and comparison of citronella and scentless spray bark collars for the control of barking in a veterinary hospital setting.
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the American Animal Hospital Association, 39,
343–348.
et al.
2003. Effectiveness and comparison of citronella and scentless spray bark collars for the control of barking in a veterinary hospital setting.
Journal of
the American Animal Hospital Association, 39,
343–348.
"But man himself cannot express love and humility …":
Darwin, C. 1872/1965, p. 10.
on hackles:
Harrington and Asa, 2003.
on antithesis:
Darwin, 1872/1965.
on tails:
Bradshaw and Nott, 1995.
Harrington and Asa, 2003.
Schenkel, R. 1947. Expression studies of wolves.
Behaviour, 1,
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Behaviour, 1,
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on posture:
Fox, 1971.
Goodwin, D., J. W. S. Bradshaw, and S. M. Wickens. 1997. Paedomorphosis affects agonistic visual signals of domestic dogs.
Animal Behaviour, 53,
297–304.
Animal Behaviour, 53,
297–304.
on intentional communication:
Kaminski, J. 2008.
more on urine marking:
Bekoff, M. 1979. Scent-marking by free ranging domestic dogs. Olfactory and visual components.
Biology of Behaviour, 4,
123–139.
Biology of Behaviour, 4,
123–139.
Bradshaw and Nott, 1995.
Pal, S. K. 2003. Urine marking by free-ranging dogs (
Canis familiaris)
in relation to sex, season, place and posture.
Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 80,
45–59.
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on the visual range of canids:
Harrington and Asa, 2003. Miklósi, 2007.
on distribution of photoreceptors in retinae:
McGreevy, P., T. D. Grassia, and A. M. Harmanb. 2004. A strong correlation exists between the distribution of retinal ganglion cells and nose length in the dog.
Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 63,
13–22.
Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 63,
13–22.
Neitz, J., T. Geist, and G. H. Jacobs. 1989. Color vision in the dog.
Visual
Neuroscience, 3,
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Visual
Neuroscience, 3,
119–25.
on arctic wolves:
Packard, J. 2008. Man meets wolf: Ethological perspectives. Paper presented at Canine Science Forum, Budapest, Hungary.
on Frisbee-catching:
Shaffer, D. M., S. M. Krauchunas, M. Eddy, and M. K. McBeath. 2004. How dogs navigate to catch frisbees.
Psychological Science, 15,
437–441.
Psychological Science, 15,
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on dogs' recognition of their owners' faces:
Adachi, I., H. Kuwahata, and K. Fujita. 2007. Dogs recall their owner's face upon hearing the owner's voice.
Animal Cognition, 10,
17–21.
Animal Cognition, 10,
17–21.
on cows noticing visual details:
Grandin, T., and C. Johnson. 2006.
Animals in translation: Using the mysteries of
autism to decode animal behavior.
Orlando, FL: Harcourt.
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autism to decode animal behavior.
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on imprinting in geese:
Lorenz, K. 1981.
The foundations of ethology.
New York: Springer-Verlag.
The foundations of ethology.
New York: Springer-Verlag.
on newborn and infant humans' visual abilities and development:
The information about infants' visual abilities comes from a century of research. A nice summary is given in Smith, P. K., H. Cowie, and M. Blades. 2003.
Understanding children's development.
Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.
Understanding children's development.
Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.
on infant tongue protrusion:
Meltzoff, A. N., and M. K. Moore. 1977. Imitation of facial and manual gestures by human neonates.
Science, 198,
75–78. (They not only stuck out their tongues at day-or even hour-old infants. They also pursed their lips and opened their mouths wide as if in surprise. Even newborns repeated these expressions back at them—or tried to: lip-pursing is probably not a motor ability voluntarily available to the newly born.)
Science, 198,
75–78. (They not only stuck out their tongues at day-or even hour-old infants. They also pursed their lips and opened their mouths wide as if in surprise. Even newborns repeated these expressions back at them—or tried to: lip-pursing is probably not a motor ability voluntarily available to the newly born.)
on Kanzi:
Savage-Rumbaugh, S., and R. Lewin. 1996.
Kanzi:
The
ape
at
the
brink
of
the
human mind.
New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Kanzi:
The
ape
at
the
brink
of
the
human mind.
New York: John Wiley & Sons.
on Alex:
Pepperberg, I. M. 1999.
The Alex studies: Cognitive and communicative abilities of
grey parrots.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
The Alex studies: Cognitive and communicative abilities of
grey parrots.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
on the dog-keyboard:
Rossi, A., and C. Ades. 2008. A dog at the keyboard: Using arbitrary signs to communicate requests.
Animal Cognition, 11,
329–338.
Animal Cognition, 11,
329–338.
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