When people are presented with a moral dilemma in their native language but the words are spoken with a foreign accent, it appears that they make more rational decisions. This was revealed in research that Susanne Brouwer ...
Dec 23, 2021
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An American man developed an Irish accent following treatment for metastatic prostate cancer. The man was in his 50s and had never been to Ireland.
Mar 1, 2023
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Infants are more likely to recognise words spoken in the dialect of their local communities than those used by their parents, psychologists have revealed.
Oct 25, 2012
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Struggling to understand someone else talking can be a taxing mental activity. A wide range of studies have already documented that individuals with hearing loss or who are listening to degraded speech—for example, over ...
May 18, 2015
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Australia is a multicultural society. There are different traditions, cultures, accents and languages all over the country.
Feb 8, 2021
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Conversation is at the heart of people's lives. We use language to communicate our hopes and dreams to our closest friends, to ask for help from colleagues at work and to describe our ailments to medical professionals. Typically ...
Apr 3, 2019
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