The Emotional Impact of Being Myself: Emotions and Foreign-Language Processing

Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition
Lela IvazJon A Duñabeitia

Abstract

Native languages are acquired in emotionally rich contexts, whereas foreign languages are typically acquired in emotionally neutral academic environments. As a consequence of this difference, it has been suggested that bilinguals' emotional reactivity in foreign-language contexts is reduced as compared with native language contexts. In the current study, we investigated whether this emotional distance associated with foreign languages could modulate automatic responses to self-related linguistic stimuli. Self-related stimuli enhance performance by boosting memory, speed, and accuracy as compared with stimuli unrelated to the self (the so-called self-bias effect). We explored whether this effect depends on the language context by comparing self-biases in a native and a foreign language. Two experiments were conducted with native Spanish speakers with a high level of English proficiency in which they were asked to complete a perceptual matching task during which they associated simple geometric shapes (circles, squares, and triangles) with the labels "you," "friend," and "other" either in their native or foreign language. Results showed a robust asymmetry in the self-bias in the native- and foreign-language contexts: A larger sel...Continue Reading

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May 10, 2018·The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology : QJEP·Yulia OganianChristoph W Korn
May 22, 2018·The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology : QJEP·Lela IvazJon Andoni Duñabeitia
Feb 8, 2019·The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology : QJEP·Mateusz Woźniak, Günther Knoblich
Jan 20, 2018·Scientific Reports·Azucena García-PalaciosJon Andoni Duñabeitia
Nov 22, 2019·The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology : QJEP·Haoyue QianXiangping Gao
Mar 10, 2020·Psychophysiology·Yan Jing WuWeiwei Peng
Jul 2, 2018·Topics in Cognitive Science·Yoella Bereby-MeyerBoaz Keysar
Nov 6, 2018·Cognition & Emotion·Alexandra S Dylman, Anna Bjärtå
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Jul 1, 2020·NPJ Science of Learning·Ping Li, Hyeonjeong Jeong
May 31, 2020·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Eneko AntónJon Andoni Duñabeitia
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