In most of the world, people have regular exposure to multiple accents. Therefore, learning
to quickly process accented speech is a prerequisite to successful communication. In this …

Speech from unfamiliar talkers can be difficult to comprehend initially. These difficulties tend
to dissipate with exposure, sometimes within minutes or less. Adaptivity in response to …

Adults typically use an exaggerated, distinctive speaking style when addressing infants.
However, the effects of infant‐directed (ID) speech on infants' learning are not yet well …

Research on the perception of dialect variation has expanded dramatically since the early
years of the twenty‐first century. Early work on perceptual classification of regional dialects …

Although adults rapidly adjust to accented speakers' pronunciation of words, young children
appear to struggle when confronted with unfamiliar variants of their native language (eg …

The acoustic-phonetic realizations of words can vary dramatically depending on a variety of
within-and across-talker characteristics such as regional dialect, native language, age, and …

Adult processing of other-accented speech is fast, dependent on lexical access, and readily
generalizable to new words. But what does children's processing of other-accented speech …

Accented speech poses a challenge for listeners, particularly those with limited knowledge
of their language. In a series of studies, we explored the possibility that experience with …

Efficient language use involves the capacity to flexibly adjust to varied pronunciations of
words. Although children can contend with some accent variability before their second …

Substantial individual differences exist in regard to type and amount of experience with
variable speech resulting from foreign or regional accents. Whereas prior experience helps …