On Looking: Eleven Walks With Expert Eyes (39 page)

   toys and,
13
n,
38
,
76

Chinese needle ants,
105

churches,
7
,
75
,
79
–80,
86
–87

cigarette butts,
6
,
82
,
247
,
261

cliffs,
132
–36

Clochán na bhFómharach,
43
n

cobblestone,
156
,
214

cochlea,
218
–19

cockroaches,
94
,
103
,
127
,
135

cocktail party effect,
12
,
224

cocoons,
94
,
104

collective behavior,
157

computer-font signs,
63

concentration,
1
–2,
9
–10,
206
,
255

Coolidge, Calvin,
119

Cooper’s hawk,
116

couches,
39
,
189
,
258

   discarded,
77
–78

coughs,
23
,
175
–77,
240
,
250

Couzin, Iain,
157

coyotes,
114
,
135
,
138

creativity,
23
,
98
,
188
,
215

   brain and,
88
–89,
201

crested black macaques,
114
–15

crickets,
104
,
150
,
228

crinoids,
52
–53,
70
,
260

crying,
233
–34

cubes,
27
–28

cubism,
27

cued-target detection task,
124
–25

cylinders,
27
–28,
176

dancers,
47
–48,
168
,
180

David, King of Israel,
227

deciduous trees,
101

deer,
114
,
138
,
253

déformation professionnelle,
3
–4

deformities,
97
,
169
–70,
174
–75

desert locusts,
150
–51

diabetics,
253

diabolus in musica,
239

diagnoses,
3
,
65
,
68
,
158
–60

   smell and,
159
–60,
175
,
194
–95,
253

distractions,
9
–11,
124
,
161

   cell phones and,
206
–7

   in walks,
197
,
207
,
231

divergent thinking,
89

doctors,
4
,
159
–61,
175
–76

   smell and,
159
–60,
175
,
194
–95,
253

dogs,
4
–5,
27
,
117
–18,
194
–96,
214
,
231
,
241
–58,
261

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

   smell and,
2
,
5
,
15
,
29
,
33
,
36
,
89
,
108
,
131
,
206
,
241
–50,
252
–53,
255
,
258

   touching of,
257

   walking and,
2
,
8
,
137
,
155
,
172
,
186
,
226
,
241
–42,
246
–47,
252
–56,
258
,
262
–64

dolphins,
197

dopamine receptors,
89

Doppler effect,
186
,
235

double
t
s,
67

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan,
159
–60

Drachten,
153

dreams,
73

drums, drumming,
118
,
212
,
234

Dumpsters,
104
–5,
111
,
254

dump trucks,
31
–32

eagles,
134

Eakins, Thomas,
163

earthworm droppings,
97

echoes, echolocation,
197
–98,
200
,
214
,
217
,
221
–22,
225
–26

efficiency,
103
–4,
108
,
117
,
172
–73,
219

egg sacs,
94
,
97
,
104

Egypt,
60

Einstein, Albert,
107
,
160
–61

Eiseman, Charley,
93
–112,
124
,
193

elephants,
187
,
233
–34

elk,
138

elm trees and seeds,
29
–30,
39
,
76

emergent behavior,
133

empathy,
82
,
178
,
180
,
232

engines,
212
–13,
229
,
234
,
251
n

equal-radius paths,
133
–34

evolution,
10
–12,
101
–2,
135
,
173
,
225
,
236

   attention and,
10
–11,
26
,
83

   eyes and,
82
–83,
109
–10

expectation,
122
–24

eye contact,
7
,
82
,
84
–85,
141
,
152
–53,
188
–89,
207

eyes, eyesight,
2
,
11
,
27
,
57
,
82
–85,
97
–98,
100
,
107
–12,
118
,
122
–25,
141
,
180
–82,
185
,
213
,
224
–25,
229
n,
241

   attention and,
192
–93,
195

   avoidance and,
9
,
65
,
82
,
110
,
202

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

   color of,
82
,
174
–75,
187

   dogs and,
243
,
246
,
248
,
252
n,
258
,
263

   evolution and,
82
–83,
109
–10

   gazing and,
7
–9,
21
,
30
,
39
,
49
,
51
,
66
–67,
78
,
81
–86,
107
,
110
,
119
,
125
,
142
,
149
,
152
–54,
160
,
166
,
180
,
188
n
–89
n,
209
,
230
,
246
–47,
251
–52,
257
,
260
,
262

   of insects,
103

   sclera of,
82

   sound and,
12
,
230

   vacation vision and,
30
–31

   walking and,
93
,
97
,
149
,
154
–55,
174
,
206
–7,
242
,
260
–61,
264

   
see also
blindness

F5 brain area,
178
–79

faces,
82
–84,
149
,
153
,
175
,
179

   dogs and,
194
–95,
252
–53

   pig,
37

   recognition of,
49

   shapes and proportions of,
27
,
82
–83,
181
,
189

fancy-free walking,
144

Fechner, Gustave,
9

fetal development,
211
–12

Fifth Avenue,
87
,
134
–35,
143
,
147
,
207

film, film crews,
6
–7,
179
,
215
,
223
,
230
–32

   silent,
136
–37

Finnegan (dog),
2
,
245
–58

flies,
94
,
97
,
100
,
104
,
111
–12,
240

flocks, flock-swoop,
132
–33,
145

fluid dynamics,
157

fMRI machines,
192
,
201
,
234
n

fonts,
see
letters, lettering; type, typefaces

food carts,
88
,
141
–42,
156

foot races,
150
–51

Forty-second Street,
147

fourth dimension,
78
–79

foxes,
114
,
138

fractals,
227
,
261

Froebel, Friedrich,
27

frontal cortex,
109

fruits, out of galls,
101

functional cliffs,
132
–36

furniture,
77
–78

   of street,
33
,
96
,
242

fusiform face area,
49

gaits,
40
,
113
,
163
–73

   disorders of,
166
–68,
170
–71

   of dogs,
255
–56

   features of,
160
,
163
–64,
165
n,
166
–68,
171
–73,
177

   test of,
167
–68

galls,
97
,
100
–101,
105
,
109
–10,
264

Garamond,
65

   Adobe,
57

garbage trucks,
6
,
228

genetic disorders,
174
–75

geodetic survey marks,
251
n

geology,
41
–55,
153

German cockroaches,
135

ghost signs,
69
–71

gingko trees,
Gingko biloba,
45
,
115
,
164

giraffes,
214
n

glaciers, glaciation,
51
,
54

gladiatorial games,
60

glute muscles,
166
,
171

Google Maps,
139
–40

Gordon, Arlene,
185
–209

Gothic typefaces,
57
,
63

gout,
227
,
253

graffiti,
52
–53,
58
,
60
–61,
125

Grahame, Kenneth,
242
–43

granite,
45
,
53
,
121

grasshoppers,
94
,
99
,
104

great tits,
116
–17

gulls,
111

Hadidian, John,
114
–38,
145
,
173
,
230
–31

halfway house,
79
,
81
–82,
85
–86

hallucinations,
194

Hamlet
(Shakespeare),
232

hawks,
116
,
134

head swiveling,
109
–10

hearing,
see
sounds, sound

heartbeats,
27
,
34
,
84
,
160
,
176
,
186
,
227
,
228
n,
233
,
264

Heat Island effect,
137

Hediger, Heini,
80

Helmholtz, Hermann von,
217

Helvetica,
57
–58

Hemiptera,
98

Henry IV
(Shakespeare),
122

herniated disks,
166
–67,
185

hertz (Hz),
211
n,
217
n,
218
,
233
,
237
,
239

high jam density,
144

Highway Capacity Manual (HCM),
144

Holmes, Sherlock,
75
,
159
–61,
259

Homer,
227

Horenstein, Sidney,
41
–55,
70
,
193

Horowitz, Johanna (author’s grandmother),
174

Horowitz Shea, Ogden (author’s son),
19
–40,
78
,
86
,
143
n,
152
,
166
,
178
,
181
,
185
,
214
,
220
,
233
–34,
252
,
262

horses,
124
,
155
,
234
,
257

house spiders,
97
,
104

Hull, John,
199

humanisticness,
69

hyperkinetic gaits,
166

hypnagogic sleep,
73

ignoring,
1
,
11
,
14
,
24
,
26
–27,
107
–8,
112
,
203
,
213
,
229