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Ellen Winner is affiliated with Boston College in the United States and works primarily in the fields of Arts and Humanities and Psychology. Their research spans several subfields, including Visual Arts and Performing Arts, Social Psychology, Literature and Literary Theory, Education, and Music.

Their work addresses diverse topics such as Art Education and Development, Media Influence and Health, Humor Studies and Applications, Diverse Music Education Insights, Education Methods and Practices, Early Childhood Education and Development, and Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Ellen Winner include the following:

  • "Rating the Acting Moment: Exploring Characteristics for Realistic Portrayals of Characters," 2021, Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Preaching to the Choir and Beyond," 2022, Scientific Study of Literature
  • "Participation in intensive orchestral music training does not cause gains in executive functioning, self-perception, or attitudes toward school in young children," 2023, Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts
  • "The paradoxical benefits of viewing tragic art," 2025, The Journal of Positive Psychology
  • "" L'art est ce qu'on veut qu'il soit "," 2022, Books

Regarding collaborations, Ellen Winner has frequently co-authored studies with Jennifer E. Drake, Maria Eugenia Panero, Ruoyan Zeng, Jillian Hogan, and Sara Cordes.

Their publications appear in a variety of venues, including Frontiers in Psychology, Scientific Study of Literature, Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts, The Journal of Positive Psychology, and Books.

In addition to journal articles, Ellen Winner has published books with Cambridge University Press, including The Child as Visual Artist released in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification

    C. Robert Cloninger

  • Musical Training Shapes Structural Brain Development

    Krista L. Hyde;Jason Lerch;Andrea Norton;Marie Forgeard

  • Invented Worlds: The Psychology of the Arts

    Ellen Winner

  • THE COMPREHENSION OF METAPHOR IN BRAIN-DAMAGED PATIENTS

    Ellen Winner;Howard Gardner

  • Effects of Music Training on the Child's Brain and Cognitive Development

    Gottfried Schlaug;Andrea Norton;Katie Overy;Ellen Winner

  • The origins and ends of giftedness.

    Ellen Winner

  • Acquired 'theory of mind' impairments following stroke.

    Francesca Happé;Hiram Brownell;Ellen Winner

  • The getting of wisdom: Theory of mind in old age.

    Francesca G. E. Happé;Ellen Winner;Hiram Brownell

  • Practicing a musical instrument in childhood is associated with enhanced verbal ability and nonverbal reasoning.

    Marie Forgeard;Ellen Winner;Ellen Winner;Andrea Norton;Gottfried Schlaug

  • Enhancing Empathy and Theory of Mind

    Thalia R. Goldstein;Ellen Winner

  • Distinguishing Lies from Jokes: Theory of Mind Deficits and Discourse Interpretation in Right Hemisphere Brain-Damaged Patients

    Ellen Winner;Hiram Brownell;Francesca Happé;Ari Blum

  • Art for Art's Sake?: The Impact of Arts Education

    Ellen Winner;Thalia R. Goldstein;Stéphan Vincent-Lancrin

  • Why not say it directly? The social functions of irony

    Shelly Dews;Joan Kaplan;Ellen Winner

  • The Development of Metaphoric Understanding.

    Ellen Winner;Anne K. Rosenstiel;Howard Gardner

  • Gifted Children: Myths And Realities

    Ellen Winner

  • Mute those claims: No evidence (yet) for a causal link between arts study and academic achievement

    Ellen Winner;Monica Cooper

  • Muting the Meaning A Social Function of Irony

    Shelly Dews;Ellen Winner

  • Distinguishing irony from deception: Understanding the speaker's second-order intention

    Ellen Winner;Sue Leekam

  • Are there pre-existing neural, cognitive, or motoric markers for musical ability?

    Andrea Norton;Ellen Winner;Ellen Winner;Karl Cronin;Katie Overy

  • The Point of Words: Children's Understanding of Metaphor and Irony

    Ellen Winner

Frequent Co-Authors

Howard Gardner
Howard Gardner Harvard University
Hiram Brownell
Hiram Brownell Boston College
Francesca Happé
Francesca Happé King's College London
Ori Friedman
Ori Friedman University of Waterloo
Helen Tager-Flusberg
Helen Tager-Flusberg Boston University
Donna B. Pincus
Donna B. Pincus Boston University
Elissa Koff
Elissa Koff Wellesley College
Marilyn S. Albert
Marilyn S. Albert Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Colin Martindale
Colin Martindale University of Maine
Maya Tamir
Maya Tamir Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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