So while accents, and our ability to detect differences in accents, probably evolved to help us place trust more effectively at a broad level, it's the cultural environment that shapes that ...

So while accents, and our ability to detect differences in accents, probably evolved to help us place trust more effectively at a broad level, it’s the cultural environment that shapes that ...

Likewise, someone growing up in Australia would be better at spotting a mimicked Australian accent than a Brit. So while accents, and our ability to detect differences in accents, probably evolved to ...

Hearing something off, like an out-group member's accent, could signal an imminent threat. People in 1970s Belfast may have been very good at spotting non-native accents.

Our brains seem to pay better attention to the voice of someone with a familiar accent, according to neuroscientists. It's not clear why the brain behaves this way, but songbirds might be able to ...