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 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: An autistic quality in dogs?

tonyberr
Posted: 02 Jun 2013, 11:40 pm 

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the kind of explicit 'thinking' that is directed, intentional, logical and conscious ... which I and many others do here all the time, every day, without words . But you still need 'language' - i.e. arbitrary symbols - to do this. The symbols can be musical, mathematical etc - they don't need to be...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: An autistic quality in dogs?

tonyberr
Posted: 21 May 2013, 10:11 pm 

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@animalcrackers Maybe this is really just a semantic argument. I'm talking about the kind of explicit 'thinking' that is directed, intentional, logical and conscious. Not the automatic, pattern-recognition type of 'thinking' that you're referring to. Obviously all animals with a brain do the second ...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: An autistic quality in dogs?

tonyberr
Posted: 20 May 2013, 9:50 pm 

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It's still interesting how he lays down on carpets with seemingly not remembering how the humans typically move around the house. He obviously doesn't care that he gets in their way! If he got kicked every time he got in someone's way (I'm NOT suggesting to do that) I'm sure he would change his beh...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: An autistic quality in dogs?

tonyberr
Posted: 20 May 2013, 9:48 pm 

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thewhitrbbit wrote:
I tend to think of cats as being aspergian and dogs as being NT.


Cats (domestic cats anyway) are solitary hunters, dogs are pack hunters - so they have very different social behaviour. Lions are pack hunters so their behaviour is much more similar to dogs.

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: An autistic quality in dogs?

tonyberr
Posted: 20 May 2013, 9:46 pm 

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@seaturtleisland I guess you answered your own question then - he likes to be on the carpet. But the reason he specifically chooses to go on the carpet next to you is obviously because he also likes to be near you. I was asking about how he behaves when he gets in your way to figure out why he wants...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: An autistic quality in dogs?

tonyberr
Posted: 20 May 2013, 12:10 am 

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Hi, I'm a psychologist and very interested in dog behaviour. I have a 3.5 year-old beagle named Ace, who has taught me a lot about how dogs see the world! I'm also a big fan of Cesar Millan (the 'dog whisperer'). I agree that dogs can sometimes seem a bit autistic! As humans, we tend to attribute to...
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