Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "We need different kinds of minds," Temple Grandin says. “We need these different approaches to problem solving.” (Photo ...

Washington Post senior writer Frances Stead Sellers speaks with best-selling author and scientist Temple Grandin about her new book, “Visual Thinking,” which broadens the conversation on ...

“It is too difficult for me to constantly switch back and forth between the pictures and the text bubbles,” says the animal behaviorist and advocate for autistic people, whose new book (with Betsy ...

We live in a language-dominated world that tends to sideline visual thinkers, screening them out at school and passing over them in the workplace - even though visual thinkers constitute a far greater ...

MS. STEAD SELLERS: Hello and welcome to Washington Post Live. I’m Frances Stead Sellers, a senior writer here at The Post. Today I'm delighted to be joined by Dr. Temple Grandin to talk about her new ...

Dan Roam believes we are all capable of using visual thinking to solve complex problems. His first book, The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas With Pictures, helped ignite a ...

People who don’t think visually often have a hard time imagining the mental lives of those who do. By thinking, I mean conscious planning, problem-solving, imagining, and reminiscing. Most mental ...

A skilled fiction writer can take a reader into an unfamiliar mind. I can’t speak for everyone who reads fiction, but many of us who love reading want to explore minds — and through them, worlds — ...

Imagine trying to explain a complex idea to your team, only to be met with blank stares and confusion. We’ve all been there, struggling to bridge the gap between our thoughts and others’ understanding ...

The Creativity Code is about tackling creativity in a structured way. Architects are uniquely trained to turn conceptual ideas into concrete built spaces. Visual thinking is an immensely powerful ...