Temple Grandin on NPR now

WrylyBrindleWrylyBrindle
edited February 2010 in Behavior & Training
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=13

Temple Grandin brings the perspective of her autism to the fields of animal behavior and management. Interesting stuff here about fear and anxiety and relieving such.

Go listen.

Comments

  • BradA1878BradA1878
    edited November -1
    oh, cool - thanx!
  • WrylyBrindleWrylyBrindle
    edited November -1
    One of the segments about fear is interesting- she says that acquird fears are very specific, and some are indelible. That you may desensitize but never erase them, if desensitization is successful, it just puts a lock on that fear but in some animals the lock is easily busted open again.
  • TeamLaikaTeamLaika
    edited November -1
    Did she talk about the upcoming movie about her life? If you get HBO(I don't), check it out tomorrow! http://www.hbo.com/movies/temple-grandin/index.html#
  • WrylyBrindleWrylyBrindle
    edited November -1
    they had a review of the HBO movie and the guy thought it was really good. I dont have HBO though so I'll have to rely on the rest of you to let me know what you thought. I have read her book Animals Make Us Human, which was very good.
  • amesylphamesylph
    edited November -1
    This is super interesting. I knew the movie was coming up (no TV here though) because a few of my friends have autistic children and were really excited about it. Her talk about animal behavior is really intriguing...will have to dig some more. :) Thanks!
  • StaticNfuzzStaticNfuzz
    edited November -1
    The interview with her today on NPR was interesting. I will look into the movie and book as well.
    Thanks for the info.

    Snf
  • BradA1878BradA1878
    edited November -1
    I love TED Talks...



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  • CaliaCalia
    edited November -1
    That was an awesome speech...Tanks for sharing Brad
  • shibamistressshibamistress
    edited November -1
    Cool...I just got her book Animals in Translation. I totally disagree with her on some things she says about dogs (like she seems to believe both the dominance/alpha wolf bs, and she seems to believe that some dogs are by nature "bad" as in aggressive towards humans, and yes it's pits, and rotties and akitas.

    That said, I kept thinking well, she's not an expert in dogs. a lot of the other stuff she has to say, esp. about the function of the brain, is really really interesting.
  • KevinKevin
    edited November -1
    I've really enjoyed listening to her talk, particularly on NPR, about the need to educate 'different' kids differently. I also like the way that she takes what seem to be abstract concepts and quantifies them for the rest of us. Have not read her book.
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