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ShortHand: Foreign Accent Syndrome

34 min
AboutHealth

Imagine waking up one day and suddenly speaking with a French, Japanese or Jamaican accent. That’s what happens to sufferers of an extremely rare – but very real – brain disorder known as Foreign Accent Syndrome.
So what’s going on? Well, while it makes for intensely shareable content, it’s no picnic. But also, if you dig into the science, it tells us all sorts of amazing things about how the brain processes language.
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