Evidence that cultural groups differ in their abilities to detect fake accents: a follow up

We recently reported that cultural group membership may be a predictor of the likelihood that an individual will detect a faked accent in a recording. Here, we present follow-up data to our original study using a larger data set comprised of responses from the across the world. Our findings are in l...

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Main Authors: Jonathan R. Goodman, Robert A. Foley
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Published: Cambridge University Press 2025-01-01
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description We recently reported that cultural group membership may be a predictor of the likelihood that an individual will detect a faked accent in a recording. Here, we present follow-up data to our original study using a larger data set comprised of responses from the across the world. Our findings are in line with our previous work and suggest that native listeners perform better at this task than do non-native listeners overall, although with some between-group variation. We discuss our findings within the context of signals of trustworthiness and suggest future avenues of research.
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spelling doaj-art-a6f8084e0f224de0ae4ebf9bccac75992025-08-20T03:39:28ZengCambridge University PressEvolutionary Human Sciences2513-843X2025-01-01710.1017/ehs.2025.10007Evidence that cultural groups differ in their abilities to detect fake accents: a follow upJonathan R. Goodman0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8217-364XRobert A. Foley1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0479-3039Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UKLeverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKWe recently reported that cultural group membership may be a predictor of the likelihood that an individual will detect a faked accent in a recording. Here, we present follow-up data to our original study using a larger data set comprised of responses from the across the world. Our findings are in line with our previous work and suggest that native listeners perform better at this task than do non-native listeners overall, although with some between-group variation. We discuss our findings within the context of signals of trustworthiness and suggest future avenues of research.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2513843X25100078/type/journal_articlesignalling theoryaccentslanguagemimicry
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Evidence that cultural groups differ in their abilities to detect fake accents: a follow up
Evolutionary Human Sciences
signalling theory
accents
language
mimicry
title Evidence that cultural groups differ in their abilities to detect fake accents: a follow up
title_full Evidence that cultural groups differ in their abilities to detect fake accents: a follow up
title_fullStr Evidence that cultural groups differ in their abilities to detect fake accents: a follow up
title_full_unstemmed Evidence that cultural groups differ in their abilities to detect fake accents: a follow up
title_short Evidence that cultural groups differ in their abilities to detect fake accents: a follow up
title_sort evidence that cultural groups differ in their abilities to detect fake accents a follow up
topic signalling theory
accents
language
mimicry
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