Temple Grandin

autism advocate, author of “Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions”

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Scientist Temple Grandin credits her success to how she thinks: in pictures.

Are you a verbal thinker or visual thinker? Temple Grandin breaks it down

Scientist Temple Grandin credits her success to how she thinks: in pictures.

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