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You are in a strange neighbourhood, your cell phone鈥檚 dead, and you desperately need to find the closest garage. A couple of people on the street chime in, each sending you in opposite directions. One person sounds like a local and speaks in a nonchalant manner, while the other uses a loud, confident voice but speaks with a strong accent. Who are you going to trust? shows that unless they speak in a confident tone of voice, you鈥檙e less likely to believe someone who speaks with an accent. And, interestingly, as you make this decision different parts of your brain are activated, depending on whether you perceive the speaker to be from your own 鈥渋n-group鈥� or from some type of 鈥渙ut-group鈥� (e.g., someone with a different linguistic or cultural background).

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