Thinking in a foreign language could sway your moral judgments

Thinking in a foreign language could sway your moral judgments. “Two years ago, researchers led by Keysar found that people thinking in a second language tended to be more even-headed about risk-taking. A certain lack of fluency seemed to encourage deliberation, dampening emotional reactions to the idea of loss.”

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• May 19, 2014 at 14:45
  in Language, Sleight of mind, Duly noted, Delicious

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