Animals in Translation

出版者:Harvest Books

作者:Temple Grandin

页数:372

出版时间:2006-1

价格:USD 15.00

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780156031448

图书标签:心理学动物自闭症动物学Psychology重要英语社会

I don't know if people will ever be able to talk to animals the way Doctor Doolittle could, or whether animals will be able to talk back. Maybe science will have something to say about that. But I do know people can learn to "talk" to animals, and to hear what animals have to say, better than they do now. --From Animals in Translation

Why would a cow lick a tractor? Why are collies getting dumber? Why do dolphins sometimes kill for fun? How can a parrot learn to spell? How did wolves teach man to evolve? Temple Grandin draws upon a long, distinguished career as an animal scientist and her own experiences with autism to deliver an extraordinary message about how animals act, think, and feel. She has a perspective like that of no other expert in the field, which allows her to offer unparalleled observations and groundbreaking ideas.

People with autism can often think the way animals think, putting them in the perfect position to translate "animal talk." Grandin is a faithful guide into their world, exploring animal pain, fear, aggression, love, friendship, communication, learning, and, yes, even animal genius. The sweep of Animals in Translation is immense and will forever change the way we think about animals.

*includes a Behavior and Training Troubleshooting Guide Among its provocative ideas, the book:

argues that language is not a requirement for consciousness--and that animals do have consciousness applies the autism theory of "hyper-specificity" to animals, showing that animals and autistic people are so sensitive to detail that they "can't see the forest for the trees"--a talent as well as a "deficit" explores the "interpreter" in the normal human brain that filters out detail, leaving people blind to much of the reality that surrounds them--a reality animals and autistic people see, sometimes all too clearlyexplains how animals have "superhuman" skills: animals have animal geniuscompares animals to autistic savants, declaring that animals may in fact be autistic savants, with special forms of genius that normal people do not possess and sometimes cannot even see examines how humans and animals use their emotions to think, to decide, and even to predict the future reveals the remarkable abilities of handicapped people and animals maintains that the single worst thing you can do to an animal is to make it feel afraid

读后感

兽医也好，畜牧工作者也好，或者宠物主人，都会烦恼动物到底在想什么。什么引起了动物的犹豫不前？什么事能让动物开心？为什么有的动物这么有攻击性？…… 对以上的问题，这本书里都有解答。这本书就是《我们为什么不说话》，一本以自闭症患者的视角来描写动物行为的书。 这本...  

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用户评价

帮助我们更深刻的理解动物的行为及想法，也帮助我们了解自闭症患者。

又读一遍 做幸福的动物其实也挺难的

这本书呢，很多部分都是叙述作者训练自己去被动IC，更偏向于物理描述，但对主动ITC来说也有一定的参考意义，似乎作为基准用书更为恰当一些。

这本书呢，很多部分都是叙述作者训练自己去被动IC，更偏向于物理描述，但对主动ITC来说也有一定的参考意义，似乎作为基准用书更为恰当一些。

又读一遍 做幸福的动物其实也挺难的