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ANIMALS IN TRANSLATION - USING THE MYSTERIES OF AUTISM TO DECODE ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
by Temple Grandin (See other books by author)
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Publisher: Harcourt
Edition: 2005 Paperback, 348 pages
ISBN: 0156031442
Item: DTB826
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Summary: One of the world's most celebrated animal scientists merges a lifetime of study with her extraordinary perceptions as an autistic person in a groundbreaking book that revolutionizes the understanding of how animals think and feel. Temple was one of the most popular speakers at the 2004 APDT Conference.
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Autistic people can often think the way animals think, putting autistic people in the perfect position to translate "animal talk." Temple is a faithful guide into their world, exploring animal pain, fear, aggression, love, friendship, communication, learning, and, yes, even animal genius. Not only are animals much smarter than anyone ever imagined, in some cases animals are out-and-out brilliant. The sweep of "Animals in Translation" is immense, merging an animal scientist's thirty years of study with her keen perceptions as a person with autism -- Temple sees what others cannot.
Among its provocative ideas, the book:
* Argues that language is not a requirement for consciousness -- and that animals do have consciousness
* Applies the autism theory of "hyper-specificity" to animals, showing that animals and autistic people are so sensitive to detail that they "can't see the forest for the trees" -- a talent as well as a "deficit"
* Explores the "interpreter" in the normal human brain that filters out detail, leaving people blind to much ofthe reality that surrounds them -- a reality animals and autistic people see, sometimes all too clearly
* Explains how animals have "superhuman" skills: animals have animal genius
* Compares animals to autistic savants, declaring that animals may in fact be autistic savants, with special forms of genius that normal people do not possess and sometimes cannot even see
* Examines how humans and animals use their emotions to think, to decide, and even to predict the future
* Reveals the remarkable abilities of handicapped people and animals
* Maintains that the single worst thing you can do to an animal is to make it feel afraid
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| Spectrum perspective, October 19, 2011 |
| Reviewer: Katie Scott-Dyer |
| As a APDT member with Asperger Syndrome I was thrilled to see one of Temple's books on the reading list. Her straight forward explanations make it easy to understand the autistic perspective of working with animals and also how we have a unique ability to understand them. 'Autistic people can think the way animals think' |
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| good read, August 11, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Sherry Spivey |
| This book was an easy read and had some very valuable insights. I liked the conclusion that we need to assume that animals have intelligence and research from there, not the current scientific views that animals have 'no language, emotion, etc.' I think that we can all learn something from this book. It is interesting information presented with common sense and a good dose of humor. |
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| a wonderful different perspective, January 26, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Kim Amatucci |
| This is a wonderful book. It is very interesting to learn how differnt people with differnt ways of looking at the world see and understand the way its creatures work. There is alot of common sense ways to see how animals see things. We tend to over look a lot of simple solutions because we are so complex and analizing in our thinking. She is a wonderful lady that opens up a totally different world, and way for us to be able to see into the lives of animals more from there view and logic than ours. I love this book and recommend it to all. You have to have an open mind with all perspectives when it come to animal thinking, because we will never actually know what they are thinking. |
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