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Foreign accents reduce false recognition rates in the DRM paradigm

Publicated to:Journal of Cognitive Psychology. 31 (5-6): 507-521 - 2019-08-18 31(5-6), DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2019.1634576

Authors: Romero-Rivas C; Thorley C; Skelton K; Costa A

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Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats - Author
JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIA - Author
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid - Author
Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona - Author
University of Liverpool - Author
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Abstract

© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. More cognitive resources are required to comprehend foreign-accented than native speech. Focusing these cognitive resources on resolving the acoustic mismatch between the foreign-accented input and listeners’ stored representations of spoken words can affect other cognitive processes. Across two studies, we explored whether processing foreign-accented speech reduces the activation of semantic information. This was achieved using the DRM paradigm, in which participants study word lists and typically falsely remember non-studied words (i.e. critical lures) semantically associated with the studied words. In two experiments, participants were presented with word lists spoken both by a native and a foreign-accented speaker. In both experiments we observed lower false recognition rates for the critical lures associated with word lists presented in a foreign accent, compared to native speech. In addition, participants freely recalled more studied words when they had been presented in a native, compared to a foreign, accent, although this difference only emerged in Experiment 2, where the foreign speaker had a very strong accent. These observations suggest that processing foreign-accented speech modulates the activation of semantic information. Highlights The DRM paradigm was used to explore whether semantic activation is reduced when processing foreign-accented speech. Across two experiments, false recognition of non-studied semantic associates was lower when word lists were presented in a foreign accent, compared to native speech. The above results suggest semantic activation may be reduced when processing foreign-accented speech. Additionally, it was found that when the foreign speaker had a mild accent, correct recall of studied words was uninfluenced. If the foreign speaker had a strong accent, however, correct recall of studied words was reduced.

Keywords
Acoustic distortionActivationComprehensibilityDrm paradigmFalse memoryForeign-accented speechIntelligibilityMemoryModelRecallRecognitionSemantic contextSemantic processingSpeechWord-list

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Journal of Cognitive Psychology due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2019, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q4 for the agency WoS (JCR) in the category Psychology, Experimental.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 1.06, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions May 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-05-07, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 3
  • Scopus: 6
  • Google Scholar: 9
  • OpenCitations: 5
Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-05-07:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 14.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 14 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.25.
  • The number of mentions on the social network Facebook: 1 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 2 (Altmetric).
Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Australia; United Kingdom.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (ROMERO RIVAS, CARLOS) .