title: Resource-independent negative effects of foreign language on analogical problem solving.
abstract: It has been shown that analogical problem solving is more difficult when a target problem is written in a foreign language than in one's native language. Possible resource-independence of this negative effect of a foreign language was investigated. After reading an analog or a filler story, participants solved a target problem written in their native or a foreign language. Those who read the problem in their native language performed a concurrent task to reduce their available processing resources. Nevertheless, they were better able to solve it than those who read the problem in a foreign language after reading the analog. This indicates that reading the problem in a foreign language decreases analogical problem-solving ability in a resource-independent manner.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Psychology The University of Tokyo.
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wakebe
authors.forename: Sho
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hidaka
authors.forename: Eiichiro
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Watamura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D019303:Multilingualism; D011340:Problem Solving / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult