Using a Foreign Language Changes Our Choices.
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.
Department of Psychology, University of Chicago, 5848 South University Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. Electronic address: sayuri@uchicago.edu.
Sayuri
S
Hayakawa
Center of Brain and Cognition, CBC, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, Roc Boronat, 138, 08018, Barcelona, Spain; Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), 08010, Barcelona, Spain.
Albert
A
Costa
Center of Brain and Cognition, CBC, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, Roc Boronat, 138, 08018, Barcelona, Spain.
Alice
A
Foucart
Department of Psychology, University of Chicago, 5848 South University Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Boaz
B
Keysar
D002755:Choice Behavior; D003657:Decision Making / Q000502:physiology*; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D009014:Morals
decision-making; foreign language; morality; risk.