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Research Interests
Processes and memory representations underlying routine language use with the research falling within the domain of pragmatics, the study of the social and contextual factors that affect how people use and understand language and carried out in two parallel domains: one domain concerns the role of common ground and memory processes in language production, while the other relates to the role of extralinguistic information in text processing.
Education/Academic qualification
Cognitive Psychology, PhD, The University of Chicago
… → 1999
Cognitive Psychology, MA, The University of Chicago
… → 1994
Psychology, BS, Duke University
… → 1991
Research interests keywords
- Cognitive psychology
- Discourse processing
- Innovative and metaphorical language
- Psycholinguistics
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Grants
- 4 Finished
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RI/HRI: Coordinating Communication: Visual, Social and Biological Factors in Grounding for Humans and Agents
Gergle, D. (PD/PI) & Horton, W. S. (Co-PD/PI)
Carnegie Mellon University, National Science Foundation
10/25/10 → 8/31/12
Project: Research project
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HCC/RI: Coordinating Communication: Visual, Social, & Biological Factors in Grounding for Humans and Agents
Gergle, D. (Co-PD/PI) & Horton, W. S. (Co-PD/PI)
9/1/07 → 8/31/11
Project: Research project
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Partner-specific Memory Associations in Language Use
Horton, W. S. (PD/PI)
National Institute of Mental Health
2/1/06 → 1/31/09
Project: Research project
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Partner-specific Memory Associations in Language Use
Horton, W. S. (PD/PI)
National Institute of Mental Health
2/1/06 → 1/31/09
Project: Research project
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Typing speed and fluency as cues to uncertainty in the real-time production of written messages
Elliott, A. V. & Horton, W. S., Jul 2024, In: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 77, 7, p. 1498-1517 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Clues from caregiver emotional language usage highlight the link between putative social environment and the psychosis-risk syndrome
Gupta, T., Horton, W. S., Haase, C. M., Carol, E. E. & Mittal, V. A., Sep 2023, In: Schizophrenia Research. 259, p. 4-10 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Scopus citations -
Constructing Mental Models in Literary Reading: The Role of Interpretive Inferences
McCarthy, K. S., Magliano, J. P., Levine, S. R., Elfenbein, A. & Horton, W. S., Jan 1 2021, Handbook of Empirical Literary Studies. de Gruyter, p. 85-118 34 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Open Access3 Scopus citations -
Analogical Comparison Promotes Theory-of-Mind Development
Hoyos, C., Horton, W. S., Simms, N. K. & Gentner, D., Sep 1 2020, In: Cognitive Science. 44, 9, e12891.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access8 Scopus citations -
Structural alignment in dialogue and monologue (and what attention may have to do with it)
Ivanova, I., Horton, W. S., Swets, B., Kleinman, D. & Ferreira, V. S., Feb 2020, In: Journal of Memory and Language. 110, 104052.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
18 Scopus citations