Publications

Publications in peer-reviewed journals

Wertgen, A. G., & Richter, T. (2023). General knowledge norms: Updated and expanded for German. PLoS ONE, 18(2): e0281305. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281305 (open access)

Wertgen, A. G., & Richter, T. (2023). Source credibility and plausibility are considered in the validation of textual information: Evidence from a social media context. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 35(2), 183–204. doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2022.2149757 (open access)

Wertgen, A. G., Richter, T., & Rouet, J.-F. (2021). The role of source credibility in the validation of information depends on the degree of (im-)plausibility. Discourse Processes, 58(5–6), 513–528. doi.org/10.1080/0163853X.2021.1881342

Wertgen, A. G., & Richter, T. (2020). Source credibility modulates the validation of implausible information. Memory and Cognition, 48, 1359–1375. doi.org/10.3758/s13421-020-01067-9

Presentations and posters

Wertgen, A. G., & Richter, T. (2024, July). Source credibility is considered primarily in the validation of somewhat implausible sentences. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Text & Discourse (ST&D), Chicago, USA.

Münchow, H., Wertgen, A., Tiffin-Richards, S. P. & Richter, T. (2023, September). Studien lesen leicht gemacht: Förderung des Verstehens und Beurteilens der funktionalen Struktur informeller wissenschaftlicher Argumente. Poster presentation at the 19th Fachgrupptentagung Pädagogische Psychologie (PAEPS), Kiel.

Wertgen, A., Richter, T. & Rouet, J.-F. (2020, July). Delayed effects of source credibility in the validation of implausible information. Poster presentation at the 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Text & Discourse (ST&D) (online conference).

Wertgen, A., & Richter, T. (2019, July). Source  credibility and plausibility interact in the validation of textual information. Paper presented at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Society for Text & Discourse (ST&D), New York City, USA.

Wertgen, A., & Richter, T. (2019, April). Effects of text-belief and source-message consistency on the validation of textual information. Poster presentation at the Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP) 2019, London, UK.

Wertgen, A., & Richter, T. (2018, September). Quellenglaubwürdigkeit moduliert die Validierung unplausibler Informationen beim Textverstehen. Poster presentation at the 51th Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), Frankfurt am Main.

Wertgen, A., & Richter, T. (2018, July). Source Credibility Modulates the Validation of Implausible Information. Poster presentation at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Society for Text & Discourse (ST&D), Brighton, UK.

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