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Accent Hallucination. False Ranges. Thanks, Chris.
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The Increased Cognitive Processing Required When Experiencing an Unknown Accent
The increased cognitive processing required when encountering an unfamiliar accent or just expecting to hear one is partially to blame for problems with communication. This means that some speakers, especially those who might be mistaken as non-native, might suffer from accent bias without even having an accent. The phenomenon of thinking someone looks like they'll have an accent can lead to what researchers call accent hallucination. In a well-known study done in the United States in the 1990s, college students were shown photos of Asian and white women while hearing identical lectures. Just seeing a non-white teaching assistant made students rate the voice more accented compared to the students who were shown a white woman's face.
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