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 …

Highlights•Recent developments in the study of multilingualism and emotions.•Affective
processing in a foreign language is significantly reduced.•Speakers dealing with moral …

Common sense suggests that emotions are physical types that have little to do with the
words we use to label them. Yet recent psychological constructionist accounts reveal that …

Should you sacrifice one man to save five? Whatever your answer, it should not depend on
whether you were asked the question in your native language or a foreign tongue so long as …

In this article, we assess to what extent decision making is affected by the language in which
a given problem is presented (native vs. foreign). In particular, we aim to ask whether the …

Most current models of research on emotion recognize valence (how pleasant a stimulus is)
and arousal (the level of activation or intensity that a stimulus elicits) as important …

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 …

Native languages are acquired in emotionally rich contexts, whereas foreign languages are
typically acquired in emotionally neutral academic environments. As a consequence of this …

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 …

Abstract Effects of emotion on word processing are well established in monolingual
speakers. However, studies that have assessed whether affective features of words undergo …