Ellen Winner

16.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
172 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

Ellen Winner is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ellen Winner has authored 172 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 66 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 40 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Ellen Winner's work include Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (33 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (30 papers) and Art Education and Development (27 papers). Ellen Winner is often cited by papers focused on Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (33 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (30 papers) and Art Education and Development (27 papers). Ellen Winner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Norway and United Kingdom. Ellen Winner's co-authors include Howard Gardner, Hiram Brownell, Gottfried Schlaug, Andrea Norton, Thalia R. Goldstein, Francesca Happé, Shelly Dews, Marie Forgeard, Kathleen E. Sullivan and Lois Hetland and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Neuroscience and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Ellen Winner

167 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ellen Winner United States 55 4.1k 3.8k 2.7k 2.4k 1.4k 172 9.5k
Colwyn Trevarthen United Kingdom 42 4.0k 1.0× 1.3k 0.3× 2.8k 1.0× 2.8k 1.2× 1.0k 0.7× 125 8.5k
Shaun Gallagher United States 47 7.3k 1.8× 2.6k 0.7× 1.7k 0.7× 5.6k 2.4× 400 0.3× 272 12.9k
John Sloboda United Kingdom 42 4.7k 1.1× 1.6k 0.4× 1.0k 0.4× 1.9k 0.8× 722 0.5× 119 7.1k
Daniel N. Stern United States 43 1.6k 0.4× 1.0k 0.3× 1.9k 0.7× 2.8k 1.2× 672 0.5× 120 8.4k
E. Glenn Schellenberg Canada 53 6.9k 1.7× 2.1k 0.6× 1.2k 0.4× 2.5k 1.1× 790 0.6× 135 8.9k
David C. Rubin United States 74 10.1k 2.5× 3.6k 0.9× 9.3k 3.5× 2.9k 1.2× 396 0.3× 200 18.0k
Keith Oatley Canada 38 1.7k 0.4× 2.1k 0.5× 696 0.3× 2.9k 1.2× 827 0.6× 151 7.8k
Maciej Karwowski Poland 45 1.2k 0.3× 3.8k 1.0× 786 0.3× 1.4k 0.6× 831 0.6× 177 6.2k
Aljoscha C. Neubauer Austria 57 6.3k 1.5× 6.4k 1.7× 1.2k 0.5× 2.1k 0.9× 516 0.4× 158 10.8k
Susan Goldin‐Meadow United States 78 3.6k 0.9× 6.6k 1.7× 15.1k 5.6× 4.1k 1.7× 2.7k 1.9× 299 19.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Winner, Ellen, et al.. (2018). Looking at the Process: Examining Creative and Artistic Thinking in Fashion Designers on a Reality Television Show. Frontiers in Psychology. 9. 2008–2008. 1 indexed citations
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Drake, Jennifer E. & Ellen Winner. (2018). Extreme Drawing Realism in Childhood. Roeper Review. 40(4). 222–233. 3 indexed citations
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Panero, Maria Eugenia, Deena Skolnick Weisberg, Jessica E. Black, et al.. (2016). Does reading a single passage of literary fiction really improve theory of mind? An attempt at replication.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 111(5). e46–e54. 126 indexed citations
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Winner, Ellen, Thalia R. Goldstein, & Stéphan Vincent‐Lancrin. (2013). Art for Art's Sake?: The Impact of Arts Education. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 62 indexed citations
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Goldstein, Thalia R. & Ellen Winner. (2012). Sympathy for a Character's Plight: Sex Differences in Response to Theatre. Empirical Studies of the Arts. 30(2). 129–141. 6 indexed citations
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Drake, Jennifer E. & Ellen Winner. (2010). Children Gifted in Drawing: Precocious Realists vs. Autism Spectrum Disorder.. 22(4). 19–21. 1 indexed citations
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Drake, Jennifer E. & Ellen Winner. (2010). Realistic Drawing Talent in Typical Adults is Associated with the Same Kind of Local Processing Bias Found in Individuals with ASD. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 41(9). 1192–1201. 25 indexed citations
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Tishman, Shari, et al.. (2009). A Study of Excellence in Arts Education.. Principal leadership. 10(3). 46–51. 8 indexed citations
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Winner, Ellen & Lois Hetland. (2009). Art for Our Sake: School Art Classes Matter More Than Ever - But Not for the Reasons You Think. ScholarWorks - GVSU (Grand Valley State University). 4(2). 5. 3 indexed citations
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Winner, Ellen & Lois Hetland. (2003). Beyond the Evidence Given: A Critical Commentary onCritical Links. Arts Education Policy Review. 104(3). 13–15. 6 indexed citations
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Winner, Ellen. (2000). The Arts and Academic Improvement: What the Evidence Shows: Executive Summary of the Harvard Project Zero Reviewing Education and the Arts Project (REAP). Journal of Aesthetic Education. 34. 1 indexed citations
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Winner, Ellen & Lois Hetland. (2000). Reviewing Education and the Arts Project (REAP). Journal of Aesthetic Education. 34. 2 indexed citations
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Happé, Francesca, Hiram Brownell, & Ellen Winner. (1999). Acquired `theory of mind' impairments following stroke. Cognition. 70(3). 211–240. 368 indexed citations
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Winner, Ellen. (1996). Commentary: What Drawings by Atypical Populations Can Tell Us.. Visual Arts Research. 22(44). 90–95. 1 indexed citations
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Winner, Ellen. (1995). Introduction. 10(4). 247–253. 2 indexed citations
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Sullivan, Kathleen E. & Ellen Winner. (1993). Three-Year-Olds′ Understanding of Mental States: The Influence of Trickery. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 56(2). 135–148. 70 indexed citations
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Casey, M. Beth, Ellen Winner, Mary Brabeck, & Kieran T. Sullivan. (1990). Visual-spatial abilities in the art, maths and science majors: Effects of sex, family, handedness and spacial experience. 7 indexed citations
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Winner, Ellen, et al.. (1986). Children's perception of ‘aesthetic’ properties of the arts: Domain‐specific or pan‐artistic?. British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 4(2). 149–160. 18 indexed citations
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Winner, Ellen & Howard Gardner. (1979). Fact, fiction, and fantasy in childhood. Jossey-Bass eBooks. 15 indexed citations
20.
Winner, Ellen, Anne K. Rosenstiel, & Howard Gardner. (1976). The development of metaphoric understanding.. Developmental Psychology. 12(4). 289–297. 194 indexed citations

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