Animals do have emotion. But fear tends to be one of the most primal emotions. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
To understand animal thinking you've got to get away from a language. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
People wouldn’t have become who we are today if we hadn’t coevolved with dogs. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
All animals and people have the same core emotion systems in the brain. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
A cat can be social, but a dog, we've bred this hyper social animal that's really truly different and will do stuff… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
The most important thing in a shelter is that volunteers, especially with dogs, come in everyday, take that pet out for an… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
As you may know, some of the stereotyped behaviors exhibited by autistic children are also found in zoo animals who are raised… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
The animal that I have worked with the most is beef cattle, so that's my favorite animal, but I like all animals. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I've got a lot of people that are really good at taming animals and working with animals; and they can't explain how… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I feel very strongly that we need to give beef cattle a really good life. When they go to slaughter, it needs… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Autism's an important part of who I am, but I'm a college professor and an animal scientist first. And I wouldn't want… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
There is a small segment of people with autism that have savant skills, where they can memorize entire maps of whole entire… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Let's get into talking about how autism is similar animal behavior. The thing is I don't think in a language, and animals… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I know a lot of animal communicators and I think a lot of them are just good behaviorists because they pick up… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
You got to get away from words if you want to understand any animal. It thinks in pictures, it thinks in smells,… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
We found if you took the dog out for 45 minutes a day and worked with it that the solitary stress hormone,… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Research has shown that a barren environment is much more damaging to baby animals than it is to adult animals. It does… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Fear was my main emotion until I started taking anti-depressant medication. And I was one of the people where, as I got… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
In my opinion, one of the greatest animal-welfare problems is the physical abuse of livestock during transportation… Typical abuses I have witnessed… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
How do you have a think in pictures? Well, you have to sort the pictures into categories. You know, for example, a… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
We breed dogs to be more social than the wolf. There is very interesting research that has been done with a wolf… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I studied a lot of animal behavior and one of the things I find really interesting is the whole idea that animals… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I believe that the place where an animal dies is a sacred one. There is a need to bring ritual into the… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
An animal’s memory is not in words, they’ve got to be in pictures – it’s very detailed so let’s say the animal… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Basically when it comes to autistic kids and animals there's kind of three ways that they work, some of them are instant… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I feel very strongly, we've got to give animals a good life. I've worked really hard improving slaughter plants and animal handling… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Animals are like autistic savants. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that animals might actually be autistic savants. Animals… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
There are three basic ways [to use a dog to work with autistic children], one is just to be companion person and… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
In a dog social cue from a master can override where he saw the being placed. That won’t happen unless we have… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
If language naturally evolves to serve the needs of tiny rodents with tiny rodent brains, then what's unique about language isn't the… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
A real common problem with a lot of animals is that guys are bad, hate to say it, but they will tune… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I think using animals for food is an ethical thing to do, but we've got to do it right. We've got to… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Lets get into talking about how autism is similar animal behavior. The thing is I dont think in a language, and animals… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
There is three different ways that autistic kids will interact with animals.And they also need to make sure that they're not getting… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Giving those animals [in shelter] quality time - now, I have been in some of the shelters where the cats have been… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
It is important that our relationship with farm animals is reciprocal. We owe animals a decent life and a painless death. I… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
we raise them for us; that means we owe them some respect. nature is creul but we dont have to be. i… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
You have to use food motivation whereas a dog will do things for you just for social motivation, praise and petting. Also… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Well the dog that is the most is the a Labrador retrievers because they tolerate kids tugging on them and things better… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
My problems are sort of more on a nuisance level. I can't stand scratchy clothes, I've got to have soft kinds of cotton against… — Temple Grandin Copy Share
Language just gradually came in, one or two stressed words a time. Before then, I would just scream. I couldn't talk. I couldn't get… — Temple Grandin Copy Share
Autism is a big continuum, going from someone who remains nonverbal, all the way up to geniuses on Silicon Valley. And some kids are… — Temple Grandin Copy Share
Some people with autism who don't talk, all they hear are vowel sounds. Like if I said 'cup,' they might just hear 'uh.' — Temple Grandin Copy Share
Mild autism can give you a genius like Einstein. If you have severe autism, you could remain nonverbal. You don't want people to be… — Temple Grandin Copy Share
Animals do have emotion. But fear tends to be one of the most primal emotions. — Temple Grandin Copy Share
I think that the definition of autism is too broad. You got to remember, autism definition is a behavioral profiling. — Temple Grandin Copy Share
People can live up to high standards, but they can't live up to perfection. — Temple Grandin Copy Share
There is a small segment of people with autism that have savant skills, where they can memorize entire maps of whole entire city. They… — Temple Grandin Copy Share
here's certain things that are similar to cats and dogs. Dogs are just hyper social and they have a want to please you way… — Temple Grandin Copy Share
People talk about curing autism. But if you got rid of all those traits, who's going to make the next computer? — Temple Grandin Copy Share
It is important that our relationship with farm animals is reciprocal. We owe animals a decent life and a painless death. I have observed… — Temple Grandin Copy Share
In a dog social cue from a master can override where he saw the being placed. That won’t happen unless we have bred a… — Temple Grandin Copy Share
Well the dog that is the most is the a Labrador retrievers because they tolerate kids tugging on them and things better than other… — Temple Grandin Copy Share