Selected papers by TextGroup members that align with our shared interests in language, cognition, and text processing. Highlighted authors are current TextGroup members.
2026
Mary, the Cheeseburger-Eating Vegetarian: Do LLMs Recognize Incoherence in Narratives?
Karin de Langis, Püren Öncel, Ryan Peters, Andrew Elfenbein, Laura Kristen Allen, Andreas Schramm, Dongyeop Kang
EACL 2026 (Oral)
Strong Memory, Weak Control: An Empirical Study of Executive Functioning in LLMs
Karin de Langis, Jong Inn Park, Bin Hu, Khanh Chi Le, Andreas Schramm, Michael C. Mensink, Andrew Elfenbein, Dongyeop Kang
EACL 2026 (Oral)
Tracing How Annotators Think: Augmenting Preference Judgments with Reading Processes
Karin de Langis, William Walker, Khanh Chi Le, Dongyeop Kang
LREC 2026
Native Speakers Kick Buckets but Learners Kick Doors: A Comparison of Native and Non-Native Idiom Comprehension
Milburn, E., Vulchanova, M., Saltzman, D., Magnuson, J., & Vulchanov, V.
Memory & Cognition, 2026
When Visuals Aren't the Problem: Evaluating Vision-Language Models on Misleading Data Visualizations
Lalai, H. N., Shah, R. S., Pfister, H., Varma, S., & Guo, G.
arXiv, 2026 Link
2025
How LLMs Comprehend Temporal Meaning in Narratives: A Case Study in Cognitive Evaluation of LLMs
Karin de Langis, Jong Inn Park, Andreas Schramm, Bin Hu, Khanh Chi Le, Dongyeop Kang
ACL 2025
Modeling Understanding of Story-Based Analogies Using Large Language Models
Kabra, K., Inani, K., Marupudi, V., & Varma, S.
Proceedings of the 47th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society Link
Investigating the Impact of Linguistic Features of Text on Readers' Phenomenological Experiences
Öncel, P., Smith, S. L., Allen, L. K., & Mills, C.
Technology, Mind, and Behavior, 6(1), 84–101 DOI
Confidence and Knowledge Calibrations After Reading an Introductory Text on a Complex Topic
Withall, M. M., Mensink, M. C., & Rapp, D. N.
Discourse Processes, 62(4), 226–256 DOI
2024
Incremental Comprehension of Garden-Path Sentences by Large Language Models
Li, A., Cai, T., Feng, X., Narang, S., Peng, A., Shah, R. S., & Varma, S.
Proceedings of the 46th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society Link
Development of Cognitive Intelligence in Pre-Trained Language Models
Shah, R. S., Bhardwaj, K., & Varma, S.
EMNLP 2024 DOI
Recruitment of Magnitude Representations to Understand Graded Words
Varma, S., Sanford, E. M., Shaffer, O., Marupudi, V., & Lea, R. B.
Cognitive Psychology, 153 DOI
Exploring the Affordances of Text and Picture Stories
Öncel, P., Hu, S., Ness-Maddox, H., Allen, L. K., & Magliano, J.
Discourse Processes, 61(4–5), 203–221 DOI
2023
A Comparative Study on Textual Saliency of Styles from Eye Tracking, Annotations, and Language Models
Karin de Langis, Dongyeop Kang
CoNLL 2023
In the Native Speaker's Eye: Online Processing of Anomalous Learner Syntax
Søby, K. F., Milburn, E., Kristensen, L. B., Vulchanova, M., & Vulchanov, V.
Applied Psycholinguistics, 1–28
2022
Implicit Textually Enhanced Processing of Aspectual Meanings in English Learners with German as a First Language
Schramm, A., Haser, V., Mensink, M. C., Reifenrath, J., & Kassemi, P.
Discourse Processes, 59(7), 520–552
Emotional Responses to Seductive Scientific Texts During Online and Offline Reading Tasks
Mensink, M. C.
Discourse Processes, 59(1–2), 76–93 DOI
Seeing Through the Character's Eyes: Examining Phenomenological Experiences of Perspective-Taking During Reading
Öncel, P., Creer, S. D., & Allen, L. K.
Discourse Processes, 59(5–6), 462–480 DOI
2021
Rhyme as Resonance in Poetry Comprehension: An Expert-Novice Study
Lea, B., Elfenbein, A., & Rapp, D.
Memory & Cognition, 49(7), 1285–1299
Do Different Kinds of Introductions Influence Comprehension and Memory for Scientific Explanations?
Mensink, M. C., Kendeou, P., & Rapp, D. N.
Discourse Processes, 58(5–6), 491–512
2020
Mental Representation
Elfenbein, A.
In Further Reading, ed. Leah Price & Matthew Rubery, Oxford UP, pp. 246–256
2019
How Feelings Matter for Reading
Elfenbein, A., & Bohn-Gettler, C. M.
In TXT: The Art of Reading, Leiden: Academic Press, pp. 97–117
Idioms Show Effects of Meaning Relatedness and Dominance Similar to Those Seen for Ambiguous Words
Milburn, E., & Warren, T.
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 26(2), 591–598
2018
The Gist of Reading
Elfenbein, A.
Stanford University Press (Book)
2017
It Is Time to Tackle Aspect! Some Insights to Help Clear Up the Tense/Aspect Mystery
Schramm, A.
MinneTESOL Journal, 33(Fall)
2016
Text Structure and the Online Processing of Expository Prose
van den Broek, P., Carlson, S., Kendeou, P., Bohn-Gettler, C., & Elfenbein, A.
Reader, 61, 81–108
The Desirable Difficulties of Studying Romanticism
Elfenbein, A.
Pedagogy, 16(3), 445–479
Processing of Aspectual Meanings by Non-Native and Native English Speakers During Narrative Comprehension
Schramm, A., & Mensink, M. C.
In New Approaches in English Linguistics: Building Bridges, pp. 251–280, John Benjamins
2015
Comprehending the Impossible: What Role Do Selectional Restriction Violations Play?
Warren, T., Milburn, E., Patson, N. D., & Dickey, M. W.
Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 30(8), 932–939
2012
Prereading Questions and Online Text Processing
Lewis, M. R., & Mensink, M. C.
Discourse Processes, 49(5), 367–390 DOI
2008
Sweet Silent Thought: Alliteration and Resonance in Poetry Comprehension
Lea, B., Rapp, D., Elfenbein, A., Mitchel, A., & Romine, R. S.
Psychological Science, 19(7), 709–716
