Using a foreign language changes our choices

S Hayakawa, A Costa, A Foucart, B Keysar - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2016 - cell.com
A growing literature demonstrates that using a foreign language affects choice. This is
surprising because if people understand their options, choice should be language …

The foreign language effect on decision-making: A meta-analysis

R Circi, D Gatti, V Russo, T Vecchi - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2021 - Springer
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 …

Men, women… who cares? A population-based study on sex differences and gender roles in empathy and moral cognition

S Baez, D Flichtentrei, M Prats, R Mastandueno… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Research on sex differences in empathy has revealed mixed findings. Whereas
experimental and neuropsychological measures show no consistent sex effect, self-report …

Thinking more or feeling less? Explaining the foreign-language effect on moral judgment

S Hayakawa, D Tannenbaum, A Costa… - Psychological …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Would you kill one person to save five? People are more willing to accept such utilitarian
action when using a foreign language than when using their native language. In six …

Foreign language effects on moral dilemma judgments: An analysis using the CNI model

M Białek, M Paruzel-Czachura, B Gawronski - Journal of Experimental …, 2019 - Elsevier
According to the principle of utilitarianism, the moral status of an action depends on its
consequences for the greater good; the principle of deontology states that the moral status of …

On language processing shaping decision making

A Costa, ML Vives, JD Corey - Current Directions in …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Recent research has revealed that people's preferences, choices, and judgments are
affected by whether information is presented in a foreign or a native language. Here, we …

Not all bilinguals are the same: A meta-analysis of the moral foreign language effect

M Stankovic, B Biedermann, T Hamamura - Brain and Language, 2022 - Elsevier
Emerging evidence shows bilinguals employ different decision-making strategies in their
foreign language compared to their native language (known as the Foreign Language …

Moral judgment as categorization (MJAC)

C McHugh, M McGann, ER Igou… - Perspectives on …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Observed variability and complexity of judgments of “right” and “wrong” cannot be readily
accounted for within extant approaches to understanding moral judgment. In response to …

Decision-making depends on language: A meta-analysis of the Foreign Language Effect

N Del Maschio, F Crespi, F Peressotti… - Bilingualism …, 2022 - cambridge.org
In the present meta-analysis, we investigated the robustness and the magnitude of the
Foreign Language Effect (FLE)–that is, the putative effect of language context (native versus …

Foreign language affects the contribution of intentions and outcomes to moral judgment

J Geipel, C Hadjichristidis, L Surian - Cognition, 2016 - Elsevier
We examine whether the use of a foreign language, as opposed to the native language,
influences the relative weight intentions versus outcomes carry in moral evaluations. In …