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true bugs,
98

T
s,
71

   double,
67

   —
h
combination,
67

tuberculosis,
253

turbulence,
205

turnstiles,
238

type, typeface,
57
–73,
193

   asymmetries in,
65

   attention and,
70

   cities recognized by,
62
–63

   computer,
63

   
see also
letters, lettering

typography,
58
,
69

Uexküll, Jakob von,
77
,
109

ultraviolet (UV) light,
103
–4,
229

umbrellas,
260
,
262
–63

Umwelten,
77

Upper East Side,
105
,
215

Upper West Side,
105
,
198

urban cliff hypothesis,
135
–36

urine,
89
,
244
,
247
–48

V4 brain area,
109

vacation vision,
30
–31

Valéry, Paul,
57

Vaux, Calvert,
46
–47,
51

ventral prefrontal cortex,
234
n

Venturi effect,
205

Vermont,
53
,
97

Verne, Jules,
185

vibrissae,
128

vigilance,
12

vision,
see
eyes, eyesight

visual cortex,
22
–23,
109
,
190

vomeronasal organ,
244

Wabash, Ind.,
103

waddling,
166
,
171

walk/don’t walk signs,
86
,
143
,
170

walking,
139
–58

   alignment in,
146
,
150
,
173

   attraction in,
51
,
65
,
142
,
146

   average speed of,
143
n

   avoidance in,
71
–72,
79
,
141
,
145
–50,
157
,
166
,
202

   brain in,
146
,
150
–51,
166
,
200

   bumping and,
31
,
145
–48,
150

   cooperative dance in,
145

   distractions in,
197
,
207
,
231

   dogs and,
2
,
8
,
137
,
155
,
172
,
186
,
226
,
241
–42,
246
–47,
252
–56,
258
,
262
–64

   by infants,
164
–65

   into-the-wind,
242

   jaywalking and,
51
,
151
–52,
173

   slowness and,
4
–5,
25
,
30
,
35
,
79
,
86
,
110
–11,
113
,
142
–44,
146
,
148
,
157
–58,
166
–67,
172
,
185
,
197
,
206
–7,
250
,
254
,
264

   three rules of,
145
–46,
206
–7

   vision and,
93
,
97
,
149
,
154
–55,
174
,
206
–7,
242
,
260
–61,
264

Washington, D.C.,
114
,
116
,
120
,
132

wasps,
100
–101,
104
–5

weathering,
43
–44,
47

webbing,
174

Werner, Heinz,
23

wetness, sound and,
216
,
222
–23

whales,
145
,
233
,
237

wheeling and turning,
132
–33

Whyte, William “Holly,”
140
,
142
,
148
,
157
–58,
186

wind,
38
,
43
–44,
104
–5,
115
,
133
–34,
152
,
177
,
204
–5,
209
,
233
,
240
,
242
,
246
,
250
,
254

Wind in the Willows, The
(Grahame),
242
–43

wind shadows,
134

woodpeckers,
105
,
213

worms,
52
–53,
97

yawning,
114
–15

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