Visual thinking : the hidden gifts of people who think in pictures, patterns, and abstractions / Temple Grandin ; with Betsy Lerner.

By:

Grandin, Temple

Contributor(s):

Lerner, Betsy

Publication details: New York : Riverhead Books, 2022.Edition: Hardcover EditionDescription: 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

0593418360
9780593418369

Other title:

Hidden gifts of people who think in pictures, patterns, and abstractions

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Online version:: Visual thinkingDDC classification:

152.14 23/eng/20220210

LOC classification:

BF241 .G73 2022

Contents:

What is visual thinking? -- Screened out -- Where are all the clever engineers? -- Complementary minds -- Genius and neurodiversity -- Visualizing risk to prevent disasters -- Animal consciousness and visual thinking.

Summary: "A quarter of a century after her memoir, Thinking in Pictures, forever changed how the world understood autism, Temple Grandin-the 'anthropologist on Mars,' as Oliver Sacks dubbed her-transforms our awareness of the different ways our brains are wired. Do you have a keen sense of direction, a love of puzzles, the ability to assemble furniture without crying? You are likely a visual thinker. With her genius for demystifying science, Grandin draws on cutting-edge research to take us inside visual thinking. Visual thinkers constitute a far greater proportion of the population than previously believed, she reveals, and a more varied one, from the photo-realistic object visualizers like Grandin herself, with their intuitive knack for design and problem solving, to the abstract, mathematically inclined "visual spatial" thinkers who excel in pattern recognition and systemic thinking. She also makes us understand how a world increasingly geared to the verbal tends to sideline visual thinkers, screening them out at school and passing over them in the workplace. Rather than continuing to waste their singular gifts, driving a collective loss in productivity and innovation, Grandin proposes new approaches to educating, parenting, employing, and collaborating with visual thinkers. In a highly competitive world, this important book helps us see, we need every mind on board." --publisher's website.

List(s) this item appears in: Autism Acceptance Month

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	BF241 .G73 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039001511368

Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-324) and index.

"A quarter of a century after her memoir, Thinking in Pictures, forever changed how the world understood autism, Temple Grandin-the 'anthropologist on Mars,' as Oliver Sacks dubbed her-transforms our awareness of the different ways our brains are wired. Do you have a keen sense of direction, a love of puzzles, the ability to assemble furniture without crying? You are likely a visual thinker. With her genius for demystifying science, Grandin draws on cutting-edge research to take us inside visual thinking. Visual thinkers constitute a far greater proportion of the population than previously believed, she reveals, and a more varied one, from the photo-realistic object visualizers like Grandin herself, with their intuitive knack for design and problem solving, to the abstract, mathematically inclined "visual spatial" thinkers who excel in pattern recognition and systemic thinking. She also makes us understand how a world increasingly geared to the verbal tends to sideline visual thinkers, screening them out at school and passing over them in the workplace. Rather than continuing to waste their singular gifts, driving a collective loss in productivity and innovation, Grandin proposes new approaches to educating, parenting, employing, and collaborating with visual thinkers. In a highly competitive world, this important book helps us see, we need every mind on board." --publisher's website.