语言塑造人类思维

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• A study of Chinese–English young adults in the United States found that bilinguals were more comfortable with English for sexual communication and that Chinese conveyed more intense emotions when expressing negative feelings. (查看原文)

  Le Flaneur 18赞 2024-02-18 08:26:12

• The Foreign Language Effect suggests that a foreign language yields more utilitarian decisions when faced with moral dilemmas, such as whether to sacrifice one person to save five, likely due to the increased psychological distance and decreased emotionality of a foreign language. Use of a second language decreases adherence to deontological values focused on the costs of sacrifice that are more closely tied to emotion and increases accessibility of utilitarian values focused on the benefits of sacrifice that are more closely tied to reflection and deliberation. People are more likely to make decisions that are of greater social benefit when using their non-native language, even when those decisions cause them internal emotional distress. Using a second language leads to more logical and ... (查看原文)

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