Emotional language use and bilingualism
Mapping Ignorance,
EmotionalAuthors: Anna Hatzidaki, Assistant Professor and member of the Bilingualism and Psycholinguistics (BiPsy) Lab, Dept.
EmotionalAuthors: Anna Hatzidaki, Assistant Professor and member of the Bilingualism and Psycholinguistics (BiPsy) Lab, Dept.
Research shows people who speak another language are more utilitarian and flexible, less risk-averse and egotistical, and…
A new study shows that decisions made in a foreign language are more considered, and less emotionally based.
Author David Miller Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Reading University of Reading A taxi driver recently cut me up on…
We make more measured decisions when thinking in another language, but we're also less likely to be accurate, researchers say.
Психологи из Лондонского университета и i
Researchers are only beginning to understand how a foreign language affects decision-making, with early findings coming in…
You’ve probably heard of that classic philosophical conundrum known as the trolley problem: A trolley is speeding toward a…
(Credit: We Love Philosophy) A few years ago, a Spanish psychologist and his team of researchers asked about 700 students to…
Costa et al. use the famous trolley problem to offer another example of the incredible power of the tribal or "us versus them…
Research on differences between decisions made in a person’s native tongue and decisions made in a second language reminded me…
A few thoughts on your lazy brain. But just a few because, well, you know, the brain likes things nice and easy. …
Sound Conclusions Can't Emerge From A Conceptual…
Would you sacrifice one person to save five? Pitting principle against utility, ends against means, it's a complicated moral…
When faced with a moral dilemma, people using a foreign language make decisions based on assessments of what’s best for the…
In an other language you make different moral choices. Moral judgement is often considered to be a fixed given, based on deep-se…
Albert Costa et.al. say yes: Should you sacrifice one man to save five? Whatever your answer, it should not depend on whether…
Would you push a man off a bridge and into the path of an oncoming train to prevent the speeding locomotive from killing five…
PLOS ONE: Your Morals Depend on Language