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George Michael 'woke from coma with different accent'
British singer George Michael has revealed that he woke from his three-week coma talking in the broad West Country accent spoken in western England.
Jul 18, 2012
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Foreign accent syndrome due to impaired connection in the brain, says study
A new study from City University London has found that foreign accent syndrome, a condition which results in patients to be perceived as non-native speakers of their mother tongue, may be caused by the impaired connections ...
May 4, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Do we trust people who speak with an accent?
You are in a strange neighbourhood, your cell phone's dead, and you desperately need to find the closest garage. A couple of people on the street chime in, each sending you in opposite directions. One person sounds like a ...
Sep 18, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why deaf people can have accents, too
Most people have probably encountered someone who appears to use lip-reading to overcome a hearing difficulty. But it is not as simple as that. Speech is "bimodal", in that we use both sounds and facial movements and gestures ...
Mar 22, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Explainer: What is foreign accent syndrome?
In the past few days, a great deal of media attention has been paid to Leanne Rowe, a Tasmanian woman who has lived eight years with a French accent she acquired after a car accident. This phenomenon is known as foreign accent ...
Jun 20, 2013
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Recognizing foreign accents helps brains process accented speech
Our brains process foreign-accented speech with better real-time accuracy if we can identify the accent we hear, according to a team of neurolinguists.
Apr 20, 2017
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Are bilingual kids more open-minded?
There are clear benefits to raising a bilingual child. But could there be some things learning a second language doesn't produce, such as a more open-minded youngster?
Mar 5, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Language may be dominant social marker for young children
Children's reasoning about language and race can take unexpected turns, according to University of Chicago researchers, who found that for younger white children in particular, language can loom larger than race in defining ...
Dec 1, 2011
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Kids prefer friends who talk like they do
Children tend to prefer to be friends with other children who speak with the same local accent as they have, even if they grow up in a diverse community and are regularly exposed to a variety of accents, according to research ...
Jan 24, 2019
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Toddler language learning: Richer and more complicated than you might think
When you consider how children learn words, you might think of this kind of scenario: an adult points to an object (for example, a dog), clearly says a word in isolation (dog!), and the child immediately understands what ...
Sep 9, 2019
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