Ellen Dissanayake
- Social Psychology top 5%
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology top 5%
- Cognitive Neuroscience top 5%
- Sociology and Political Science top 10%
- Visual Arts and Performing Arts top 0.5%
- Co-authors
- John Tyler BonnerOtto RankDavid S. MiallWhitney DavisR. L. AndersonGöran HermerénSteven BrownEkkehart Malotki
- Topics
- Aesthetic Perception and Analysis (11 papers)Action Observation and Synchronization (8 papers)Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (6 papers)
- Journals
- SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaBehavioral and Brain SciencesJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism
- Partner nations
- United StatesCanadaPapua New Guinea
In The Last Decade
Ellen Dissanayake
44 papers receiving 926 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 127
- Social Psychology 375
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 347
- Cognitive Neuroscience 315
- Sociology and Political Science 233
- Visual Arts and Performing Arts 184
Countries citing papers authored by Ellen Dissanayake
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Fields of papers citing papers by Ellen Dissanayake
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ellen Dissanayake
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ellen Dissanayake. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ellen Dissanayake based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ellen Dissanayake. Ellen Dissanayake is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
All Works
| # | Work | Indexed citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | |
| 2 | Ethology, Interpersonal Neurobiology, and Play: Insights into the Evolutionary Origin of the Arts. | 6 |
| 3 | 4 | |
| 4 | 3 | |
| 5 | 16 | |
| 6 | Sztuka jako ludzkie uniwersalium: spojrzenie adaptacjonistyczne | 1 |
| 7 | Fons et Origo:A Darwinian View of Selfobject Theory and the Arts | 0 |
| 8 | 1 | |
| 9 | 8 | |
| 10 | 9 | |
| 11 | 51 | |
| 12 | Birth of the Arts: What lies behind the human urge to elaborate, to embellish, to make the ordinary extraordinary?. | 2 |
| 13 | 13 | |
| 14 | 7 | |
| 15 | 4 | |
| 16 | What Is Art For | 206 |
| 17 | 9 | |
| 18 | 255 | |
| 19 | 13 | |
| 20 | Play as Exploratory Learning: Studies of Curiosity Behavior ed. by Mary Reilly (review) | 1 |
About Ellen Dissanayake
Ellen Dissanayake is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Visual Arts and Performing Arts and Archeology, having authored 50 papers that have together received 1.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Aesthetic Perception and Analysis (11 papers), Action Observation and Synchronization (8 papers) and Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Visual Arts and Performing Arts (184 citations), Archeology (33 citations) and Music (96 citations). Ellen Dissanayake has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Papua New Guinea. Frequent co-authors include John Tyler Bonner, Otto Rank, David S. Miall, Whitney Davis, R. L. Anderson, Göran Hermerén, Steven Brown and Ekkehart Malotki. Their work appears in journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism.
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