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Last updated: January 8, 2021

Publications
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#Denotes graduate student that I have supervised

Drake, J. E. (in press). How drawing to distract improves mood in children. Frontiers in Psychology.
 
Drake, J. E.., & Winner, E. (in press). What is distinctive about artistically gifted children? In R. J. Sternberg & D. Ambrose (Eds.), Conceptions of giftedness and talent. London, England: Palgrave-Macmillan.

*Turturro, N., & Drake, J. E. (in press). Does coloring reduce anxiety? Comparing the psychological and psychophysiological benefits of coloring versus drawing. Empirical Studies of the Arts.
 
*Genuth, A., & Drake, J. E.. (in press). The benefits of drawing to regulate sadness and anger: Distraction versus expression. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts.
 
Chamberlain, R., Kozbelt, A., Drake, J. E., & Wagemans, J. (in press). Learning to see by learning to draw: A longitudinal analysis of the relationship between representational drawing training and visuospatial skill. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts.
 
Drake, J. E., Simmons III, S., Rouser, R., *Poloes, I., & Winner, E. (2021). Using drawing as a tool to develop visual imagination. Empirical Studies of the Arts, 39, 3-16.
 
Goldstein, T. R., & Drake, J. E. (2020). Achievement and goals: A Festschrift for Ellen Winner. Co-Editor. Empirical Studies of the Arts, 38, 3-8.
            *The authors are sharing first authorship


Drake, J. E. (2019). Examining the psychological and psychophysiological benefits of drawing over one month. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 13, 338-347. 
 
Chamberlain, R., Drake, J. E., Kozbelt, A., Hickman, R., Siev, J., & Wagemans, J. (2019). Artists as experts in visual cognition: An update. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 13, 58-73. 

Drake, J. E., & Winner, E. (2018). Extreme drawing realism in childhood. Roeper Review, 40, 222-233. 

Drake, J. E., & Winner, E
. (2018). Why deliberate practice is not enough: Evidence from drawing talent. In D. Z. Hambrick, G. Campitelli, & B. N. Macnamara (Eds.), The science of expertise: Behavioral, neural, genetic approaches to complex skill (pp. 101-128). New York, NY: Taylor and Francis.  
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#James, C., Drake, J. E., & Winner, E. (2018). Expression vs. distraction: An investigation of contrasting emotion regulation strategies when drawing, writing, talking, and thinking. Empirical Studies of the Arts, 36, 162-179. 


Winner, E., & Drake, J. E. (2018). Giftedness and expertise: The case for genetic potential. Journal of Expertise, 1, 114-120. 

*Forkosh, J., & Drake, J. E. (2017). Coloring versus drawing: Effects of cognitive demand on mood repair, flow, and enjoyment. Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 34, 75-82. Download PDF

Drake, J. E., *Hastedt, I., & #James, C. (2016). Drawing to distract: Examining the psychological benefits of drawing over time. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 10, 325-331. ​Download PDF

*Fink, L., & Drake, J. E. (2016). Writing and flow: Comparing the benefits of narrative versus poetry writing. Empirical Studies of the Arts, 34, 177-192. Download PDF
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Drake, J. E., & *Hodge, A. (2015). Drawing vs. writing: The role of preference in regulating short-term affect. Art Therapy:  Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 32, 27-33. Download PDF

Drake, J. E. (2014). Knowing how to look predicts the ability to draw realistically. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 32, 397-414. Download PDF

Drake, J. E., Ahern, M., Roche, E., & Winner, E. (2014). The value of making it by hand. Proceedings of the Biennial Congress of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, 174-179. Download PDF

Drake, J. E., & Winner, E. (2013). Children with exceptional drawing skills. The Psychologist, 26, 730-733. Download PDF

Drake, J. E., & Winner, E. (2013). How children use drawing to regulate their emotions. Cognition and Emotion, 27, 512-520. Download PDF

Drake, J. E. (2013). Is superior local processing in the visuo-spatial domain a function of drawing talent rather than Autism Spectrum Disorder? Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 7, 203-209. Download PDF

Winner, E., & Drake, J. E. (2013). The rage to master: The decisive role of talent in the visual arts. In S. B. Kaufmann (Ed.), Innate talent vs. deliberate practice: A critical examination and future research direction. 

Drake, J. E., & Winner, E. (2012). Confronting sadness through art-making: Distraction is more beneficial than venting. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 6, 251-266. Download PDF

Drake, J. E., & Winner, E. (2012). Predicting artistic brilliance. Scientific American Mind, 23(5), 42-48. 

Drake, J. E., & Winner, E. (2012). Children gifted in drawing: The incidence of precocious realism. Gifted Education International, 29, 125-139. Download PDF

Drake, J. E., & Winner, E. (2011-2012). Superior visual analysis and imagery in an autistic child with drawing talent. Imagination, Cognition, and Personality, 31(1-2)¸9-29.  Download PDF 

Drake, J. E., *Coleman, K., & Winner, E. (2011). Short-term mood repair through art: Effects of medium and strategy. Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 28(1), 26-30. Download PDF

Drake, J. E., & Winner, E. (2011). 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, 1192-1201. Download PDF

Drake, J. E., *Redash, A., *Coleman, K., Haimson, J., & Winner, E. (2010). 'Autistic' local processing bias also found in children gifted in realistic drawing. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 40, 762-773. Download PDF

Drake, J. E., & Winner, E. (2010). Children gifted in drawing: Underlying perceptual strengths. Understanding Our Gifted, 22(4), 19-21.

Drake, J. E., & Winner, E. (2009). Precocious realists: Perceptual and cognitive characteristics associated with drawing talent in non-autistic children. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 364, 1449-1458. Download
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