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Evaluating The Impacts Of Accent And Semantic Context On Listening Effort, Avanti Khare
Evaluating The Impacts Of Accent And Semantic Context On Listening Effort, Avanti Khare
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Nonnative accented speech is associated with increased listening effort for English-monolingual listeners, even if the speech signal is intelligible. Semantic context is a global characteristic of English phrases that quantifies the degree to which words communicate a cohesive idea. Previous research suggests that semantic context may be used as a helping factor during speech perception in adverse conditions. The current work examines the relationship between speaker accent and semantic context using global semantic anomalies. Participants performed a randomly prompted recall task during lists of varying semantic context levels recorded by native and nonnative-accented speakers. Results are discussed in terms of …
Assessing The Potential Influence Of Anti-Transgender Bias On Memory And Judgements, Dante Sasso
Assessing The Potential Influence Of Anti-Transgender Bias On Memory And Judgements, Dante Sasso
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Decades of prior research have shown that our memory is susceptible to a variety of influences that can distort the accuracy of what we remember. For example, false memories can be implanted into an individual's mind and top-down factors like expectations and prejudicial biases can sway what we do and don't remember about an event. The current study was designed to assess the potential memory-modifying influence of an understudied, yet important, type of bias - anti-transgender bias. Although prior research has documented the prevalence of anti-transgender bias in today's society, no study has yet examined how these biases may shape …