Research Explorer

Project

The impact of foreign accent on social interaction and coginitive thinking
Acronym
SonoDrugs
Code
41O08916
Duration
01 January 2017 → 31 December 2018
Funding
European funding: framework programme
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Animal experimental and comparative psychology
    • Applied psychology
    • Human experimental psychology
Keywords
neuropsychology
Other information
 
Project description
 

Generally, speakers with a foreign accent are judged as less trustworthy, less educated or less intelligent than native speakers. This negative bias seems to have different origins: linguistic and and social. The project will investigate 1) how foreign accent bias affects cognitive processes, and 2) the modulation of the foreign accent bias by social stereotypes and its consequences in the brain.

 
Role of Ghent University
 The project is hosted by Ghent University, and is supervised by Prof. Hartsuiker from the Department of Experimental Psychology.
 
 
Disclaimer
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the European Union nor the authority can be held responsible for them.