The Psychology of Accents
The surprising effects behind our accents. SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! Click here: http://ow.ly/rt5IE Talking psychology, neuroscience & why we act the way we do. CORRECTION: It's meant to...
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Look at these shapes and consider this question: Which one is a bouba and which one is a kiki?This question was asked to American college students and Tamil speakers in India and morethan 95% of people gave the same response...I did too. People thought the bouba was softand rounded and the kiki was sharp and jagged. Psychologists call it the bouba/kiki effect.It’s not baby talk, it shows we can draw meaning from things without… “meaning”.And even when we’re talking to someone in the same language, our body language, tone,pitch and accent convey information beyond what we intend.I think a lot about accents because it seems-- at least to some of YOUR ears --that I havean accent. I’ve certainly never noticed it.Accents develop because people living in close proximi...
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Look at these shapes and consider this question: Which one is a bouba and which one is a kiki?This question was asked to American college students and Tamil speakers in India and morethan 95% of people gave the same response...I did too. People thought the bouba was softand rounded and the kiki was sharp and jagged. Psychologists call it the bouba/kiki effect.It’s not baby talk, it shows we can draw meaning from things without… “meaning”.And even when we’re talking to someone in the same language, our body language, tone,pitch and accent convey information beyond what we intend.I think a lot about accents because it seems-- at least to some of YOUR ears --that I havean accent. I’ve certainly never noticed it.Accents develop because people living in close proximi...
