Episode 12: Accent Adaptation?

<p>In this episode, Alex & Julia tackle the hypothesis: Your accent unconsciously changes to fit in with the crowd. They talk the chameleon effect, mouth fonts, Nepal, and much more…</p> <p> </p> <p>Numbers from Social Polls:</p> <p>Total Number of Votes: 398 responded. Agree = 94 % Disagree = 6 %</p> <p> </p> <p>Contact Us: </p> <p>Email us at <a href='mailto:hypothesispodcast@gmail.com'>hypothesispodcast@gmail.com</a></p> <p>Instagram: @hypothesispodcast                 </p> <p>Twitter: @hypothesis_pod </p> <p>Facebook: Hypothe-Sis Podcast</p> <p>#hypothesispod</p> <p> </p> <p>Resources/References:</p> <p>The neuroscience of accent: <a href='https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2016.00639/full'>https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2016.00639/full</a></p> <p>Knowing which accent listening to can help process speech: <a href='https://neurosciencenews.com/accented-speech-neuroscience-6456/'>https://neurosciencenews.com/accented-speech-neuroscience-6456/</a></p> <p>Accents and trust: <a href='https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1747021819865833'>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1747021819865833</a></p> <p>Foreign Accent Syndrome case study: <a href='https://neurosciencenews.com/cerebellum-foreign-accent-syndrome-4159/'>https://neurosciencenews.com/cerebellum-foreign-accent-syndrome-4159/</a></p> <p>Chameleon effect review: <a href='https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1025389814290'>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1025389814290</a></p> <p>Imitation of accent positively influences views of speaker: <a href='https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00280/full'>https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00280/full</a></p> <p>Babies “silent rehearsal” of words: <a href='https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/accents-are-forever-35886605/'>https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/accents-are-forever-35886605/</a></p> <p>Accent softening in the UK: <a href='https://www.theguardian.com/society/