Temple Grandin, Ph.D.
Department of Animal Science
Colorado State University

Temple Grandin is an assistant professor of animal science at Colorado State University. She is the author of the book Thinking in Pictures

Dr. Grandin has autism, and her experiences have helped her to understand animal behavior.

Unique insights from a person with a singular understanding

As a person with autism, it is easy for me to understand how animals think because my thinking processes are like an animal's

Scientists who study autism believe that the disorder is cause d by immature development of certain brain circuits, and over development of other brain circuits

My thoughts are in pictures, like videotapes

Associative Thinking

A horse trainer once said to me, "Animals don't think, they just make associations." I responded to that by saying, "If making associations is not thinking, then I would have to conclude that I do not think." People with autism and animals both think by making visual associations