Ellen Dissanayake

The Evolution of Culture in Animals

Ellen Dissanayake, John Tyler Bonner · Leonardo · 1984 · 448 citations

Education, Cultural Dynamic, Cultural Traditions +17

Art and Artist: Creative Urge and Personality Development

Ellen Dissanayake, Otto Rank, Charles Francis Atkinson · Leonardo · 1978 · 251 citations

Art Theory, Otto Rank, Humanities +11

The poetics of babytalk

David S. Miall, Ellen Dissanayake · Human Nature · 2003 · 89 citations

Literary Theory, Literary History, Literary Study +4

The Artification Hypothesis and Its Relevance to Cognitive Science, Evolutionary Aesthetics, and Neuroaesthetics

Ellen Dissanayake · Cognitive Semiotics · 2009 · 64 citations · Full text

Play as Exploratory Learning: Studies of Curiosity Behavior

Ellen Dissanayake, Mary Reilly · Leonardo · 1977 · 55 citations

Educational Psychology, Education, Learning-by-doing +21