Emily Kwong

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Short Wave · Inside the mysterious minds of horses · 22 Jun 2026 podcast

You're listening to Shortwave from NPR. matched

Horses. matched

Maybe it's because I was born in the year of the horse, according to the Chinese zodiac, but I've always been a bit obsessed with them. matched

Their strength, beauty, and high emotional intelligence, which makes horses perfect companions for a neuroscientist like Janet Jones. matched

Janet has been riding since childhood and is now a horse trainer who has her own horse. matched

This one horse has become her forever horse, a Dutch Wormblood from Minnesota. matched

They've been together for years. matched

And when they met, she noticed he had this bright white diamond in the center of his forehead. matched

It reminded her of the North Star. matched

Or True, for short. matched

Now, Janet's relationship to True, and really to all the horses she's trained, has changed her life, and it inspired her to write a book about the cognition and behavior of horses. matched

It's called A Horse's World, and there just aren't that many books like it. matched

So today on the show, inside the mind of one of the most majestic animals on earth, Janet Jones explores the neuroscience of horses' brains, the motivations that drive their behaviors, and the neural connection that horses share with humans. matched

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Just hit the little follow button, and you'll get little science treats in your trough, just like a horse, on the regular. matched

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Okay, Janet, so your book is fascinating, and I want to talk about one of the many differences you highlight between horse and human brains, and that is something called categorical perception. matched

So as I understand it, in humans, our brains automatically organize things into groups. matched

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