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This paper summarizes and discusses the findings of a university based study following
the impact of dialect on one’s ability to recall information in both familiar and unfamiliar
dialects. According to current research, experience plays a part in one’s ability to encode and
retrieve information in unfamiliar dialects efficiently. Adults who self-identified as native
speakers of English were recruited to participate in the study. Individuals listened to two short
passages in either unfamiliar or familiar dialect and were then prompted to answer questions
immediately after. Short-Term Memory recall tasks were implemented in the form of fill in the
blank and summary questions. In addition to this, participants were asked to rate their confidence
when answering both sets of questions. Results of the study, through qualitative data provide
supportive evidence regarding the correlation between task complexity and processing demands.
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