For at least 4,000 years, humans have treated horses as objects. Sometimes they have been objects of admiration or art and themes of literature; sometimes they have been used for transportation or labor; often in the past they have been equipment for war; and even today many are still raised for meat. What people have rarely done is consider the horse as a subject—an animal with a heart and mind that requires understanding. Janet L. Jones, a neuroscientist and horse trainer and the author of A Horse’s World, offers a surprising overview of equine perception, memory, attention, and emotion so that participants can begin to understand who horses really are.
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