Different Kinds of Minds
A Guide to Your Brain
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Publisher Description
Young readers' edition of instant New York Times bestseller Visual Thinking.
'We are so lucky to have Temple Grandin' - New York Times
Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk and Maya Lin - what do they all have in common? They're visual thinkers.
Do you like puzzles, coding and taking things apart? Do you write stories, act in plays, slay at Wordle? The things you are good at are clues to how your brain works. Are you good at maths? Working with your hands? Are you a neat freak or a big mess? Are you a visual thinker?
With her knack for making science easy to understand, Temple Grandin explains the different types of thinkers - verbal thinkers who are good with language, and visual thinkers who learn through pictures and patterns. In Different Kinds of Minds, discover all kinds of brains and why we need to work together to create solutions for real-world problems.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"Having a brain that processes information in a new way can lead to innovation, discovery, and invention," write collaborators Grandin (Visual Thinking, for adults) and Koffsky (Sheep Says Shalom) in this somewhat dense work that analyzes how brains work. In the first chapter—"What Is Visual Thinking?"—the authors break down how thinking styles are sorted into visual, spatial visual, and verbal categories, and point out that most people utilize a combination thereof; many kids start as visual thinkers and adapt from there. Identifying as a lifelong visual thinker, Grandin describes being forced to acclimate to a verbal-thinking world, providing anecdotes and examples from her own life as an autistic woman with a career in agricultural design. She also expresses concern that the U.S.'s emphasis on testing rather than on practical, hands-on education doesn't support visual thinkers. Further chapters—rendered via narration that sometimes feels more directed at adult readers than children—delve into topics such as neuroscience and neurodiversity, and highlight evolving views on how animal brains function. Photographs and schematic-like illustrations depict subjects including Grandin, cattle handling systems she designed, and brain diagrams, and accompanying activities encourage readers to consider their own ways of thinking. Ages 8–12. ■
