Using a Foreign Language Changes Our Choices

Sayuri Lynn Hayakawa; Albert Costa; Alice Foucart; Boaz Keysar

doi:10.1016/j.tics.2016.08.004

Using a Foreign Language Changes Our Choices

Sayuri Lynn Hayakawa^*, Albert Costa, Alice Foucart, Boaz Keysar

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Abstract

A growing literature demonstrates that using a foreign language affects choice. This is surprising because if people understand their options, choice should be language independent. Here, we review the impact of using a foreign language on risk, inference, and morality, and discuss potential explanations, including reduced emotion, psychological distance, and increased deliberation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	791-793
Number of pages	3
Journal	Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Volume	20
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2016.08.004
State	Published - Nov 1 2016

Keywords

decision-making
foreign language
morality
risk.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience

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