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Domestic Animals Pictures Biography
I've got a book by Temple Grandin---Thinking in pictures. The woman is autistic and she's able among other things to decode and understand animal behavior. Often according to, autistic children retreat into their world because they can't handle the extreme (from their point of view) stimuli created by day to day activities. The simple act of viewing a face can be painful not to mention noises, smells etc. etc.
Compared to humans animals have astonishing abilities to perceive, in comparison their sensory abilities are superior to the extent its almost as if humans are deaf and blind. According to Ms. Grandin the autistic are closer to animals in this perception. Mmmm?
Another interesting note is according to archaeologist 10,000 years ago the human brain began to shrink---the part that shrank was the midbrain, that which handles emotions and sensory data and the olfactory bulbs which handles smell----these got smaller while the corpus callosum and the forebrain stayed as was. In others words (as a species) we became less intuitive and more into planning thinking organizing........Also fossil records indicate whenever a species becomes domesticated the brain shrinks---- domestic animals have less fear/anxiety compared to wild animals.
I'm not sure what the significance of this is, but I do believe there is one. Those of us who deal with anxiety, shyness, etc.... are often very intuitive----as well as creative. We know things without knowing how. We sense things that can't be taught.
The fear that wild animals have and our long-ago ancestors had is related to the fight-or-flight instinct. Perhaps it's mostly been eradicated from our respective domesticized species but not entirely in those of us with chemical imbalances (which mood disorders are attributed to)?* Perhaps when we feel that fear (whatever its cause) we're not equipped to deal with those intense feelings since that part of our brains has atrophied? Interesting food for thought.
*And before anyone points out that I included animals as those who may have mood disorders ;) ...I just found out a friend's dog who's had a lifelong obsession with licking was diagnosed by a vet as having OCD. He's licked through the paint, into the wood, on some of the doors in their house*And before anyone points out that I included animals as those who may have mood disorders ;) ...I just found out a friend's dog who's had a lifelong obsession with licking was diagnosed by a vet as having OCD. He's licked through the paint, into the wood, on some of the doors in their house. :(
Hey Filigree we must be on the same wave length. Just this morning I was telling a friend that while surfing the net looking for ways to combat fleas naturally, I ran across the web site of a holistic vet, who indicated over vaccinating, dogs etc. was creating compulsive disorders like licking the floors. WHICH by the way my dachsund does------At the moment we have ceramic tile so that isn't a problem but before, she licked holes in the carpet in several corners of the house. NOT GOOD!
I think we humans forget how closely related we are to animals.......as for the fight-or-flight instinct. WE are the canaries, danger, danger, danger Will Robinson? It's getting curiouser and curiouser
Domestic Animals Pictures
Domestic Animals Pictures
Domestic Animals Pictures
Domestic Animals Pictures
Domestic Animals Pictures
Domestic Animals Pictures Biography
I've got a book by Temple Grandin---Thinking in pictures. The woman is autistic and she's able among other things to decode and understand animal behavior. Often according to, autistic children retreat into their world because they can't handle the extreme (from their point of view) stimuli created by day to day activities. The simple act of viewing a face can be painful not to mention noises, smells etc. etc.
Compared to humans animals have astonishing abilities to perceive, in comparison their sensory abilities are superior to the extent its almost as if humans are deaf and blind. According to Ms. Grandin the autistic are closer to animals in this perception. Mmmm?
Another interesting note is according to archaeologist 10,000 years ago the human brain began to shrink---the part that shrank was the midbrain, that which handles emotions and sensory data and the olfactory bulbs which handles smell----these got smaller while the corpus callosum and the forebrain stayed as was. In others words (as a species) we became less intuitive and more into planning thinking organizing........Also fossil records indicate whenever a species becomes domesticated the brain shrinks---- domestic animals have less fear/anxiety compared to wild animals.
I'm not sure what the significance of this is, but I do believe there is one. Those of us who deal with anxiety, shyness, etc.... are often very intuitive----as well as creative. We know things without knowing how. We sense things that can't be taught.
The fear that wild animals have and our long-ago ancestors had is related to the fight-or-flight instinct. Perhaps it's mostly been eradicated from our respective domesticized species but not entirely in those of us with chemical imbalances (which mood disorders are attributed to)?* Perhaps when we feel that fear (whatever its cause) we're not equipped to deal with those intense feelings since that part of our brains has atrophied? Interesting food for thought.
*And before anyone points out that I included animals as those who may have mood disorders ;) ...I just found out a friend's dog who's had a lifelong obsession with licking was diagnosed by a vet as having OCD. He's licked through the paint, into the wood, on some of the doors in their house*And before anyone points out that I included animals as those who may have mood disorders ;) ...I just found out a friend's dog who's had a lifelong obsession with licking was diagnosed by a vet as having OCD. He's licked through the paint, into the wood, on some of the doors in their house. :(
Hey Filigree we must be on the same wave length. Just this morning I was telling a friend that while surfing the net looking for ways to combat fleas naturally, I ran across the web site of a holistic vet, who indicated over vaccinating, dogs etc. was creating compulsive disorders like licking the floors. WHICH by the way my dachsund does------At the moment we have ceramic tile so that isn't a problem but before, she licked holes in the carpet in several corners of the house. NOT GOOD!
I think we humans forget how closely related we are to animals.......as for the fight-or-flight instinct. WE are the canaries, danger, danger, danger Will Robinson? It's getting curiouser and curiouser
Domestic Animals Pictures
Domestic Animals Pictures
Domestic Animals Pictures
Domestic Animals Pictures
Domestic Animals Pictures
Domestic Animals Pictures
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