Physical memories of experience are typed first and foremost according to intensity. The output of the Big-Brain is this intensity, the stimulation engine, perhaps quite like an engine in a car. The Big-Brain is the sensation dynamo, the sensory interface with the environment, and it generates a certain amount of thrust that is variably grounded [...]
Posts Tagged ‘physical memory’
Indy and Milo Recreate the Past
Sunday, October 11th, 2009“Hey Kevin, my name is Ben Grubbs and I’ve been (trying) to practice NDT ever since I discovered it, and I’m a frequent poster on your blog–
I was hoping you had a moment to take a look at a video I shot this morning.
I am dogsitting a friend’s dog named Milo who is a [...]
Why do dogs chase their tails?
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009To connect their front end with their hind end.
The number one motive of all animal behavior is to-connect-the-front-end-with-the-hind-end in order to “ground” stimulation. This is because when a dog is stimulated, it’s just as if the dog is cut in half, in other words, the dog’s center-of-consciousness is wholly centered in its head and it [...]
Why do dogs fetch?
Thursday, August 6th, 2009 All animals play, especially when young, and often with objects. But when you throw something for a dog, it’s like a boomerang: with just a bit of deft management it comes right back to your hand. Why?
Because the dog wants its “self” back.
We often wonder how dogs see themselves. Do they see themselves as [...]


