Clever Hans (The Horse of Mr. Von Osten)
Oskar Pfungst
Read by Jordan Watts
Oskar Pfungst book is a detailed piece of investigative journalism looking into Clever Hans, an Orlov Trotter horse that was claimed to have performed arithmetic and other intellectual tasks. Pfungst details the results of many experiments, by the end of which he is able to explain exactly how Hans did it. This classic example of the observer-expectancy effect is still relevant today, as the "Clever Hans effect" has to be taken into account whenever a study of animal intelligence takes place. - Summary by Jordan (8 hr 26 min)
Chapters
| Prefatory Note and Introduction | 29:12 | Read by Jordan Watts |
| The Problem of Animal Consciousness and ''Clever Hans'' | 29:57 | Read by Jordan Watts |
| Experiments and Observations - Part 1 | 57:01 | Read by Jordan Watts |
| Experiments and Observations - Part 2 | 53:25 | Read by Jordan Watts |
| The Author's Introspections | 27:35 | Read by Jordan Watts |
| Laboratory Tests | 1:06:33 | Read by Jordan Watts |
| Explanation of the Observations - Part 1 | 49:06 | Read by Jordan Watts |
| Explanation of the Observations - Part 2 | 50:02 | Read by Jordan Watts |
| Explanation of the Observations - Part 3 | 48:39 | Read by Jordan Watts |
| Genesis of the Reaction of the Horse | 54:41 | Read by Jordan Watts |
| Conclusion | 7:28 | Read by Jordan Watts |
| Supplements | 32:39 | Read by Jordan Watts |