Horse Brain, Human Brain: The Neuroscience of Horsemanship

Auteur

Janet Jones, PhD, applies brain research to the training of horses and riders. She earned her Ph.D. from UCLA and taught the neuroscience of perception, language, memory, and thought for 23 years. Janet trained horses at a large stable for many years, and later ran a successful horse training business of her own. She has schooled hundreds of green or difficult horses and competed in hunter, jumper, halter, reining, and western pleasure disciplines.

Texte du rabat

When we understand the function of both the human brain and the equine brain, we can learn to communicate with horses on their terms instead of ours.

Résumé
In this illuminating book, cognitive scientist and horsewoman, Janet Jones, describes human and equine brains in collaboration and explores how the horse thinks, as well as human brain function during athletic mastery. Mental abilities (seeing, learning, fearing, trusting and focusing) are discussed from both human and horse perspective.