@article{OberauerWeidenfeldHoernig2006,
  author    = {Oberauer, Klaus and Weidenfeld, Andrea and H{\"o}rnig, Robin},
  title     = {Working memory capacity and the construction of spatial mental models in comprehension and deductive reasoning},
  doi       = {10.1080/17470210500151717},
  year      = {2006},
  abstract  = {We asked 149 high-school students who were pretested for their working memory capacity (WMC) to read spatial descriptions relating to five objects and to evaluate conclusions asserting an unmentioned relationship between two of the objects. Unambiguous descriptions were compatible with a single spatial arrangement, whereas ambiguous descriptions permitted two arrangements; a subset of the ambiguous descriptions still determined the relation asserted in the conclusion, whereas another subset did not. Two groups of participants received different instructions: The deduction group should accept conclusions only if they followed with logical necessity from the description, whereas the comprehension group should accept a conclusion if it agreed with their representation of the arrangement. Self-paced reading times increased on sentences that introduced an ambiguity, replicating previous findings in deductive reasoning experiments. This effect was also found in the comprehension group, casting doubt on the interpretation that people consider multiple possible arrangements online. Responses to conclusions could be modelled by a multinomial processing model with four parameters: the probability of constructing a correct mental model, the probability of detecting an ambiguity, and two guessing parameters. Participants with high and with low WMC differed mainly in the probability of successfully constructing a mental model},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HoernigWeskottKliegletal.2006,
  author    = {H{\"o}rnig, Robin and Weskott, Thomas and Kliegl, Reinhold and Fanselow, Gisbert},
  title     = {Word order variation in spatial descriptions with adverbs},
  issn      = {0090-502X},
  doi       = {10.3758/BF03193264},
  year      = {2006},
  abstract  = {Previous research has shown that in a three-term spatial reasoning task, the second premise of a German premise pair is especially easy to comprehend if (1) the prepositional object rather than the grammatical subject denotes the given entity, and if (2) the term denoting the given entity precedes the term denoting the new entity. Accordingly, the second premise is easiest to comprehend with noncanonical word order-that is, with the prepositional object in preverbal position denoting the given entity (e.g., To the right of the given object is the new subject). This finding is explained in terms of contextual licensing of noncanonical word order. Here, we discuss and tested two alternative accounts of contextual licensing, given-new and partially ordered set relations (Poset). The given-new account claims that noncanonical word order is licensed by the term denoting the given entity preceding the term denoting the new entity. On the Poset account, noncanonical word order is licensed if the preverbal constituent introduces a new entity that stands in a transitive, irreflexive, and asymmetric relation to a given entity. Comprehension times for second premises with spatial adverbs in four different word orders support both accounts of contextual licensing; Poset licensing was stronger than given-new licensing.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FeryKaiserHoernigetal.2009,
  author    = {F{\´e}ry, Caroline and Kaiser, Elsi and H{\"o}rnig, Robin and Weskott, Thomas and Kliegl, Reinhold},
  title     = {Perception of intonational contours on given and new referents : a completion study and an eye-movement experiment},
  isbn      = {978-3-11-021922-7},
  year      = {2009},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HoernigWeskott2010,
  author    = {H{\"o}rnig, Robin and Weskott, Thomas},
  title     = {Given and new information in spatial statements},
  isbn      = {978-0-19-957095-9},
  year      = {2010},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Hoernig2003,
  author    = {H{\"o}rnig, Robin},
  title     = {Eigennamen referieren - Referieren mit Eigennamen : zur Kontextinvarianz der namentlichen Bezugnahme},
  publisher = {Deutscher Universit{\"a}tsverlag},
  address   = {Wiesbaden},
  isbn      = {3-8244-4506-9},
  doi       = {10.1007/978-3-322-81286-5},
  pages     = {257 S.},
  year      = {2003},
  language  = {de}
}