A recent study by Keysar, Hayakawa, and An (2012) suggests that “thinking in a foreign
language” may reduce decision biases because a foreign language provides a greater …

A growing literature demonstrates that using a foreign language affects choice. This is
surprising because if people understand their options, choice should be language …

Code-switching (CS) is central to many bilingual communities and, though linguistic and
sociolinguistic research has characterised different types of code-switches (alternations …

In recent years, a growing body of literature has shown that being in a foreign language (FL)
context affects the way in which people make choices. This phenomenon is known as the …

In this fMRI study we contrasted emotional responses to literary reading in late bilinguals'
first or second language. German participants with adequate English proficiency in their …

Emotional words in a bilingual's second language (L2) seem to have less emotional impact
compared to emotional words in the first language (L1). The present study examined the …

Though moral intuitions and choices seem fundamental to our core being, there is surprising
new evidence that people resolve moral dilemmas differently when they consider them in a …

Multilingualism is an ever-present feature in political contexts around the world, including
multilingual states and international organizations. Increasingly, consequential political …

Research into language–emotion interactions has revealed intriguing cognitive inhibition
effects by emotionally negative words in bilinguals. Here, we turn to the domain of human …

The time has come, perhaps, to go beyond merely acknowledging that language is a core
manifestation of the workings of the human mind and that it relates interactively to all aspects …