Metadata
- Author: David Robson
- Full Title:: ‘I couldn’t believe the data’: how thinking in a foreign language improves decision-making
- Category:: 🗞️Articles
- Document Tags:: psychology, Psychology,
- URL:: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/17/how-learning-thinking-in-a-foreign-language-improves-decision-making
- Finished date:: 2023-09-18
Highlights
By speaking a second language, we can even become more rational, more open-minded and better equipped to deal with uncertainty. This phenomenon is known as the “foreign language effect” (View Highlight)
The foreign language effect should not be confused with the older concept of “linguistic determinism”, which proposes that the specific words and grammar of a language can change the way we perceive the world (View Highlight)
Whether this happens in real life, however, is still a matter of considerable scientific debate (View Highlight)