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World Service,17 Apr 2010,28 mins

Temple Grandin, Animal Behaviour Scientist

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Temple Grandin is an animal behaviour scientist who says her brain works like Google . She is autistic and feels her condition helps her to understand animal behaviour. She says thinking in pictures helps her to design better cattle handling equipment. Temple also explains to Carrie Gracie how her emotions work as an autistic woman, and how she'd much rather think about livestock or computers.

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