Wenjia Xu

University of Tübingen
Applied Cognitive Psychology
Schleichstr. 4
72076 Tübingen
Germany

Tel.: +49 7071 29-75637

E-Mail: wenjia.xuspam prevention@psycho.uni-tuebingen.de

Visitors' address :

Schleichstr. 4, 72076 Tübingen
6th floor, room 4.611

Office hours:

by appointment

I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Applied Cognitive Psychology at the University of Tübingen. My work is conducted jointly at the University and the Perception and Action Lab at the Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien. My research focuses on the processing of event roles in pictures, examining how people identify agents and patients in visual scenes, with a particular emphasis on the “The Agent Advantage Effect“.

Publications

Xu, W., Papenmeier, F., & Huff, M. (2025). A closer look at the agent advantage effect: The impact of motion lines. Visual Cognition, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2025.2573067
Xu, W. Huff, M. & Papenmeier, F. (2024). A closer look at the agent advantage effect: An eye-tracking study on event role processing in pictures. Visual Cognition, 32(4), 330-341. https://doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2024.2428468

Conferences, Presentations and Talks

Xu, W., Huff, M., & Papenmeier, F.(2025, September 2-5). A closer look at the Agent advantage effect: The Impact of Biting Orientations. 24th Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP). University of Sheffield, UK. [Talk]
Xu, W., Papenmeier, F. & Huff, M. (2025, April 7-9). The processing of event roles in pictures. Talk at the Doctoral symposium - Context in Cognition, Tübingen, Germany. (Talk).
Xu, W., Papenmeier, F. & Huff, M. (2024, June 27-28). A closer look at the agent advantage effect: The impact of motion lines. Visual Language (VisLang) Conference 2024, Tilburg, Ntherlands. (Talk)
Xu, W., Huff, M., & Papenmeier, F. (2023, March 26-29). A closer look at the agent advantage effect: agent benefit or patient cost? 65th Conference of Experimental Psychologists (TeaP 2023), Trier, Germany. (Poster)
Xu, W., Huff, M. & Papenmeier, F. (2023, January 8-10). A Closer Look at the Agent Advantage Effect: Agent Benefit or Patient Cost? Winter School Eye Tracking - Experimental Design, Implementation and Analysis. Monte Verita, Switzerland. (Poster)
Xu, W., Huff, M. & Papenmeier, F. (2023, January 8-10). A Closer Look at the Agent Advantage Effect: Agent Benefit or Patient Cost? Winter School Eye Tracking - Experimental Design, Implementation and Analysis. Monte Verita, Switzerland. (Talk)