Jordan E Drake
Biographic Data
| ID | 1465239 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jordan E Drake |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jordan E |
| FAMILY NAME | Drake |
| SIGNATURE | DRAKE J E |
| AFFILIATIONS | City University of New York |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7494-3624 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Maybe your child could have painted that
Two Kinds of Visual Art Prodigies
Some young children create stunningly realistic drawings that resemble those of adult realist artists. I refer to these children as precocious realists. Some other young children create nonrepresentational paintings that have been mistaken for the works of adult abstract expressionist artists. These children are referred to as abstract art prodigies. Because the clearest sign of giftedness in the visual arts is the ability to draw realistically, …
Artists have superior local and global processing abilities but show a preference for initially drawing globally
The attentional demands of drawing require both local processing of an object’s details and global processing of its overall structure. In this study, we examined the extent to which artists have superior local and global processing skills, how these skills relate to artists’ ability to draw realistically and to autistic-related traits, and whether artists initially take a local or global approach to drawing. Forty first-year college art students…
Gravitating toward the arts during the Covid-19 pandemic
Less attention to emotional faces is associated with low empathy and prosociality in 12‐to 20‐month old infants
The development of empathy and prosocial behavior begins in infancy and is likely supported by emotion processing skills. The current study explored whether early emerging deficits in emotion processing are associated with disruptions in the development of empathy and prosociality. We investigated this question in a large, diverse sample of 147, 11‐ to 20‐month‐old infants (42% female; 61% Black; 67% low socioeconomic status). Infants completed t…
How children can use drawing to regulate their emotions
Learning how to regulate emotions is a significant developmental milestone in a child’s life. It is important to understand which activities help children cope with emotionally distressing situations. One such activity, I argue, is drawing. In this article, I consider 2 ways in which drawing elevates mood in children: Drawing allows them to be distracted from their negative thoughts and feelings; or it allows them to express (and thus vent) their…
Learning to see by learning to draw
A growing body of correlational research has revealed systematic relationships between various aspects of visuospatial processing and representational drawing ability. However, very few studies have sought to examine the longitudinal development of the relation between drawing and visuospatial ability. The current investigation explored change in drawing and visuospatial skill in art students taking a foundational drawing course (n = 42) in a lon…
The benefits of drawing to regulate sadness and anger
Embracing the Surface
To teach life narrative is to teach empathetic practice. This requires teaching students that life narrative employs specific writing techniques. Through the practice of “surface reading”, students can take measure of their suitability for the role of addressee, or ideal listener, and calibrate their encounter with the text from there
Looting American Culture
Embracing the Surface
To teach life narrative is to teach empathetic practice. This requires teaching students that life narrative employs specific writing techniques. Through the practice of “surface reading”, students can take measure of their suitability for the role of addressee, or ideal listener, and calibrate their encounter with the text from there
How children can use drawing to regulate their emotions
Learning how to regulate emotions is a significant developmental milestone in a child’s life. It is important to understand which activities help children cope with emotionally distressing situations. One such activity, I argue, is drawing. In this article, I consider 2 ways in which drawing elevates mood in children: Drawing allows them to be distracted from their negative thoughts and feelings; or it allows them to express (and thus vent) their…
Looting American Culture
Embracing the Surface
To teach life narrative is to teach empathetic practice. This requires teaching students that life narrative employs specific writing techniques. Through the practice of “surface reading”, students can take measure of their suitability for the role of addressee, or ideal listener, and calibrate their encounter with the text from there
Learning to see by learning to draw
A growing body of correlational research has revealed systematic relationships between various aspects of visuospatial processing and representational drawing ability. However, very few studies have sought to examine the longitudinal development of the relation between drawing and visuospatial ability. The current investigation explored change in drawing and visuospatial skill in art students taking a foundational drawing course (n = 42) in a lon…
The benefits of drawing to regulate sadness and anger
How children can use drawing to regulate their emotions
Learning how to regulate emotions is a significant developmental milestone in a child’s life. It is important to understand which activities help children cope with emotionally distressing situations. One such activity, I argue, is drawing. In this article, I consider 2 ways in which drawing elevates mood in children: Drawing allows them to be distracted from their negative thoughts and feelings; or it allows them to express (and thus vent) their…
Artists have superior local and global processing abilities but show a preference for initially drawing globally
The attentional demands of drawing require both local processing of an object’s details and global processing of its overall structure. In this study, we examined the extent to which artists have superior local and global processing skills, how these skills relate to artists’ ability to draw realistically and to autistic-related traits, and whether artists initially take a local or global approach to drawing. Forty first-year college art students…
Gravitating toward the arts during the Covid-19 pandemic
Less attention to emotional faces is associated with low empathy and prosociality in 12‐to 20‐month old infants
The development of empathy and prosocial behavior begins in infancy and is likely supported by emotion processing skills. The current study explored whether early emerging deficits in emotion processing are associated with disruptions in the development of empathy and prosociality. We investigated this question in a large, diverse sample of 147, 11‐ to 20‐month‐old infants (42% female; 61% Black; 67% low socioeconomic status). Infants completed t…
Maybe your child could have painted that
Two Kinds of Visual Art Prodigies
Some young children create stunningly realistic drawings that resemble those of adult realist artists. I refer to these children as precocious realists. Some other young children create nonrepresentational paintings that have been mistaken for the works of adult abstract expressionist artists. These children are referred to as abstract art prodigies. Because the clearest sign of giftedness in the visual arts is the ability to draw realistically, …
Psychology (9 works) · Cognitive psychology (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Art Education and Development (3 works) · Art Therapy and Mental Health (3 works) · The arts (3 works) · Visual arts (3 works)