![]() But it doesn’t equip you for owning a dog. It’s seen in primitive religions – the Ancient Egyptians worshipped animals – and early myths and fables, such as Aesop’s. Dog’s-eye ViewĪnthropomorphism is an innate part of our psychology: we have evolved to read each other’s faces and we instinctively try to do the same with animals. Reviewed by Rebecca Willis in Slightly Foxed Issue 65. This book introduces the reader to the science of the dog – their perceptual and cognitive abilities – and uses that introduction to draw a picture of what it might be like to be a dog. As both an unabashed dog lover and a cognitive scientist, Alexandra Horowitz is naturally curious about what her dog, Pumpernickel, thinks and is intent on understanding the minds of animals who cannot say what they know or feel. ![]()
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