On Looking: Eleven Walks With Expert Eyes (40 page)

inanimate city,
15

inattention,
see under
attention

inattentional blindness,
123
–24

incandescent lights,
103
,
154

Indiana limestone,
54

inescapable involvement,
80

infants,
19
–40

   attention in,
22
,
24
–25

   blindness in,
193
–94

   blooming, buzzing confusion of,
11
,
28

   brain and,
27
,
58
–59,
190
,
234
n

   faces enjoyed by,
84

   noises made by,
58

   synesthesia and,
23
–24,
26

   toys of,
27
–28

   walking by,
164
–65

infrasound,
214
,
233

insects,
4
,
93
–112,
193

   attraction of,
97
,
103
–4,
146

   sign of,
93
–101,
103
,
105
,
109
–12

insula,
179
–80

invasive plants,
102

Italian marble,
54

jackdaws,
109

James, William,
9
–11,
16
,
26
,
28

javelinas,
137
–38

jaywalking,
51
,
151
–52,
173

jingles, commercial,
233

Johnson, Evan,
167
–73,
178
,
180
–81,
256

jumping spiders,
97
,
104

Kalman, Maira,
75
–89,
104

Kazin, Alfred,
78

Kent, Fred,
139
–58,
186
,
205
–6,
231

keynote sounds,
220
–21

kinesthesia,
195

kitchens, sounds of,
222
–23

L5 disk,
166

ladders,
76
n,
171
–72

ladybugs,
105
–6

Laënnec, René,
176

lampposts,
61
–62,
96
,
104
,
202
,
238
,
242
,
254
–55

language,
86
,
129
,
160
,
194
,
228

   body and,
68
–69

   children’s and infants’ production of,
37
–39,
58
–59

   learning of,
58
–59

   sign,
20

   
see also
letters, lettering

Larson, Doug,
135

larva,
96
–97,
99
–101,
105
,
111

leaf mines,
97
,
99
–100

leaves,
45
,
95
–103,
106
,
111
–12,
115
,
128
,
225
,
261

   galls on,
97
,
100
–101,
264

   holes in,
93
,
97
,
99
–100

Le Corbusier,
139

Lehrer, Scott,
212
,
214
–40,
246

letters, lettering,
4
,
21
–25,
61
–73,
193

   cities and,
62
–63

   
O
s,
21
–22,
25
,
27
,
61
,
260

   
Q
s,
66
–67,
73

   
R
s,
67
,
69

   on signs,
22
,
57
,
61
–67,
70
,
72

   
S
s,
69

   
T
s,
67
,
71

   
see also
type, typeface

ligaments,
169
,
171

lights, light,
1
,
6
,
10
–11,
26
,
51
,
116
,
122
n,
124
,
156
,
187
,
189
,
212
,
232
,
261

   eyes and,
224
–25

   incandescent,
103
,
154

   infants and,
22

   streetlights and,
89
–90,
97
,
103
–4

   traffic and,
33
,
86
,
143
,
152
–53,
170

   UV,
103
–4,
229

limestone,
52
–54,
70
,
198
,
260
–61

lions,
7
–8,
12
,
22
,
84
,
110
,
114
,
119
,
121
,
219

listening,
2
–3,
9
,
20
,
163
,
176
–77,
188
–89,
196
–97,
206
–7,
212
–40

   
see also under
sounds, sound

literaphilia,
58

locusts,
145
,
150
–51

lo-fi soundscape,
216

London,
234

London plane trees,
97
,
102
,
225

long calls,
129

Lorber, Bennett,
160
–82,
253

   attention and,
162
,
180
–81

lub dub (heart valve sounds),
176

lungs,
176
–78,
227

Luria, A. R.,
23

macaques,
114
–15,
178
–79

McPhee, John,
50
n

Manhattan skyline,
50

Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, The
(Sacks),
49
n

maple trees and leaves,
95
,
102
,
225

marble,
44
,
54
,
134
,
163
,
176
,
187

mayflies,
97
,
104

memories, memory,
6
,
9
,
23
,
48
,
124
,
188
,
195
,
209
,
220
,
232
,
235
,
243

Metropolitan Museum of Art,
215

mica,
51

mice,
61
,
94
,
120
,
127
,
135
,
253

midges,
94
,
100

Mind of a Mnemonist, The
(Luria),
23

minerals,
42
,
44
,
50

mirror neurons,
178
–80

mockingbirds,
137

mollusks,
107

Monderman, Hans,
153

monkeys,
82
–83,
114
–15,
125
n,
178
–79,
190
–91,
200

Mormon crickets,
150

Morse, Susan,
111

mosquitoes,
94
,
97
,
108
,
219
,
225
n

moths,
100
,
104
,
111

   birds and,
108
,
117

   peppered,
117

motor cortex,
23

museum atrium sound,
215

musicians, music,
87
,
90
,
177
,
193
,
201
,
216
–18,
221
,
226
–27,
231
–32,
234
,
238
–39

Mütter Museum,
160
–61

naming,
95
,
213
–14

National Park Service,
114

natural selection,
236

Navy sonar sounds,
233
,
237

neophilia,
30
–31

neophobia,
131

nests,
99
,
104
,
115
–16,
131
,
134
,
138
,
262

Netherlands,
116
,
153

neurons,
9
,
24
,
123
–25,
189
,
193

   lack of regeneration of,
191

   mirror,
178
–80

newspaper bins,
86

New York, N.Y.:

   birds of prey in,
116

   deterioration of,
43
–44

   street address algorithm of,
139
–40

New York Times,
152

no-parking signs,
22
,
64

noses,
2
,
11
,
15
,
69
,
83
,
118
,
128
,
181
,
193
,
213
,
225
,
242
–50,
252
–54,
263

   
see also
smells

nymphs, insect,
98
,
100

oak trees and leaves,
97
,
101
,
225
,
254

occipital cortex,
83
,
192
–93,
201

Olmsted, Frederick Law,
46
–47,
51

opioids, natural,
68

orb weavers,
95

orthonasal olfaction,
244
n

O
s,
21
–22,
25
,
27
,
61
,
260

otoacoustic emissions,
219

overtones,
239

owls, plastic,
126
–27

Pacific Aquarium & Pet sign,
66
–67

packing problem,
157

Paleozoic Era,
47
,
50

palmetto tortoise beetles,
111
–12

panhandling,
155

parallel parking,
228

parasites, parasitism,
93
,
97
,
111
–12,
129

Park In Auto Service sign,
64
–65

Park’s Department sign,
67
,
102

passenger pigeons,
94

pavement ants,
105

paving stones,
42
–43

pedestrian walkways,
144

pelecypods,
52

pelvis,
165
–66,
170
,
173
,
256

pennies, copper,
154

peripersonal space,
200
–201

persimmon trees,
119
,
138

personal space,
80
–81,
146
,
200
–201

   dogs and,
257

Philadelphia, College of Physicians of,
160

Philadelphia look,
174
,
180
–81

Piaget, Jean,
38

pigeons,
6
,
36
,
94
,
113
–14,
116
,
121
,
126
–27,
129
,
132
–33,
135
–36,
176
,
230
–31,
240

pigs,
37
,
46
,
137
–38,
214

pitches,
27
,
211
n,
212
,
226
,
235
,
236
n,
238
–39

plasticity of brain,
192
–94,
201

platoons, of walkers,
143
,
145
,
151

plug and feathers,
54

pneumonia,
176

pointing,
15
,
21
,
29
,
31
,
35
–36,
40
,
83
,
99
–100,
120
,
138
,
141
,
165
,
177
,
189
,
252
n,
265

Pompeii,
60

poor box sign,
86
–87

possums,
114
,
120

posture,
160
,
167
,
169
,
171
,
260

premotor cortex,
178
–79

pressure, sound and,
236
–37

privacy,
80
,
141
n

private space,
87
–88

Project for Public Spaces (PPS),
140
–41,
158
n

prosopagnosia,
49
n

Proust, Marcel,
241

public spaces,
85
,
87
–88,
140
–41,
155
,
157
,
158
n,
199

pulmonary catarrh,
176

Pumpernickel (dog),
2
,
241
–42

pupae,
105
–6

pyramids,
28
,
77

Q
s,
66
–67,
73

quarries,
45
,
53
–54

rabbits,
94

raccoons,
111
,
114
,
117
–21,
126
,
130
,
135
,
138