Professors Sarah Grey and Janet van Hell's research on foreign accented has recently gained a substantial amount of media attention. Click below to access the article and read some of the news pieces!
Grey, S. E., & Van Hell, J. G. (2017). Foreign-accented speaker identity affects neural correlates of language comprehension. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 42, 93-108. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S091160441530052X?np=y&npKey=19fcf0d6f3458c00d258ce0f0a16ad261e5690eea15388ca004f0a0aa31f2848
http://www.theverge.com/2017/4/21/15382880/brain-processing-speech-foreign-accents-native-speakers
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170420141739.htm
http://www.sciencenewsline.com/news/2017042115330041.html
https://www.f3nws.com/news/accents-are-easier-on-the-brain-if-you-can-identify-them-gbkKjF
http://news2read.com/science/Accents-are-easier-on-the-brain-if-you-can-identify-them/758321