On the effects of regional accents on memory and credibility

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• dc.contributor.author Frances, Candice
• dc.contributor.author Costa, Albert, 1970-
• dc.contributor.author Baus, Cristina
• dc.date.accessioned 2021-06-15T10:18:56Z
• dc.date.available 2021-06-15T10:18:56Z
• dc.date.issued 2018
• dc.description.abstract The information we obtain from how speakers sound—for example their accent—affects how we interpret the messages they convey. A clear example is foreign accented speech, where reduced intelligibility and speaker's social categorization (out-group member) affect memory and the credibility of the message (e.g., less trustworthiness). In the present study, we go one step further and ask whether evaluations of messages are also affected by regional accents—accents from a different region than the listener. In the current study, we report results from three experiments on immediate memory recognition and immediate credibility assessments as well as the illusory truth effect. These revealed no differences between messages conveyed in local—from the same region as the participant—and regional accents—from native speakers of a different country than the participants. Our results suggest that when the accent of a speaker has high intelligibility, social categorization by accent does not seem to negatively affect how we treat the speakers' messages.
• dc.description.sponsorship CF is now supported by a MINECO predoctoral grant for predoctoral researchers from the Spanish government (BES-2016-077169). AC was supported by two grants from the Spanish Government, PSI2011-23033, PSI2014-52181-P, a grant from the Catalan Government (AGAUR SGR 268), and a grant from the European Research Council under the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013 Cooperation grant agreement nº 613465 - AThEME). CB was supported by the People Program (Marie Curie Actions, FP7-PEOPLE 2014–2016) under REA agreement n°623845 and now is supported by the program Beatriu de Pinòs from the Catalan Government.
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• dc.identifier.citation Frances C, Costa A, Baus C. On the effects of regional accents on memory and credibility. Acta Psychol. 2018;186:63-70. DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2018.04.003
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2018.04.003
• dc.identifier.issn 0001-6918
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/47886
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Elsevier
• dc.relation.ispartof Acta Psychologica. 2018;186:63-70
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/613465
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/1PE/BES-2016-077169
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PN/PSI2011-23033
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/1PE/PSI2014-52181-P
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/623845
• dc.rights © Elsevier http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2018.04.003
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• dc.subject.keyword Regional accent
• dc.subject.keyword Intelligibility
• dc.subject.keyword Social categorization
• dc.subject.keyword Memory recognition
• dc.subject.keyword Credibility
• dc.subject.keyword Illusory truth
• dc.title On the effects of regional accents on memory and credibility
• dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
• dc.type.version info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion