Do you wish to waive your rights? Affect and decision-making in multilingual speakers

Pavlenko, Aneta

doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.06.005

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“…Some studies on bilingualism and emotions (e.g., Harris et al, 2003; Harris, 2004; Caldwell-Harris, 2015; Hsu et al, 2015) have also suggested that L2 emotional words evoke less autonomic physiological response than L1 words, leading some authors to describe L2 as “disembodied” (for a review see Pavlenko, 2012, 2017). However, as Sheikh and Titone (2013) have pointed out, there might be a difference between emotionally grounded and sensorimotor grounded concepts, difference which goes beyond the scope of this paper.…”

Section: Studies On L2 Embodied Semantic In Healthy Populationsmentioning

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Embodied Semantics in a Second Language: Critical Review and Clinical Implications

Monaco

Jost

Gygax

et al. 2019

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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The role of the sensorimotor system in second language (L2) semantic processing as well as its clinical implications for bilingual patients has hitherto been neglected. We offer an overview of the issues at stake in this under-investigated field, presenting the theoretical and clinical relevance of studying L2 embodiment and reviewing the few studies on this topic. We highlight that (a) the sensorimotor network is involved in L2 processing, and that (b) in most studies, L2 is differently embodied than L1, reflected in a lower degree or in a different pattern of L2 embodiment. Importantly, we outline critical issues to be addressed in order to guide future research. We also delineate the subsequent steps needed to confirm or dismiss the value of language therapeutic approaches based on embodiment theories as a complement of speech and language therapies in adult bilinguals.

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Section: Studies On L2 Embodied Semantic In Healthy Populationsmentioning

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Embodied Semantics in a Second Language: Critical Review and Clinical Implications

Monaco

Jost

Gygax

et al. 2019

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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“…We claim that the use of a foreign language—that is, a language that has been learned in a classroom context rather than by immersion in a culture (Pavlenko, 2012)—helps achieve this. We base our claim on prior research showing that when people use a foreign language, their intuitive system is less alert, less swift to recognise that something is good or bad (see Hadjichristidis, Geipel, & Surian, 2017; for reviews on how foreign language use affects judgement and decision-making, see Caldwell-Harris, 2015; Costa, Vives, & Corey, 2017; Hayakawa, Costa, Foucart, & Keysar, 2016; Pavlenko, 2017). For example, people discuss longer about embarrassing topics (Bond & Lai, 1986) and are less reluctant to use swearwords (Dewaele, 2004).…”

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Breaking magic: Foreign language suppresses superstition

Hadjichristidis

Geipel

Surian

2018

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

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In three studies we found that reading information in a foreign language can suppress common superstitious beliefs. Participants read scenarios either in their native or a foreign language. In each scenario, participants were asked to imagine performing an action (e.g., submitting a job application) under a superstitious circumstance (e.g., broken mirror; four-leaf clover) and to rate how they would feel. Overall, foreign language prompted less negative feelings towards bad-luck scenarios, less positive feelings towards good-luck scenarios, while it exerted no influence on non-superstitious, control scenarios. We attribute these findings to language-dependent memory. Superstitious beliefs are typically acquired and used in contexts involving the native language. As a result, the native language evokes them more forcefully than a foreign language.

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“…These findings imply for example a modulation of unpleasant-word processing by subclinical depression and anxiety, as well as possible prefrontal compensatory processes during unintentional emotion regulation in subjects with higher trait anxiety [ 30 ]. Notably, word stimuli are easy to apply, and isolated unpleasant words are typically less disturbing than their pictorial counterparts, although responses induced by words in non-native speakers need to be regarded with caution [ 48 , 49 ].…”

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Investigating the roles of age, sex, depression, and anxiety for valence and arousal ratings of words: a population-based study

2020

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Background The perception of the affective quality of stimuli with regard to valence and arousal has mostly been studied in laboratory experiments. Population-based research may complement such studies by accessing larger, older, better balanced, and more heterogeneous samples. Several characteristics, among them age, sex, depression, or anxiety, were found to be associated with affective quality perception. Here, we intended to transfer valence and arousal rating methods from experimental to population-based research. Our aim was to assess the feasibility of obtaining and determining the structure of valence and arousal ratings in the setting of the large observational BiDirect Study. Moreover, we explored the roles of age, sex, depression, and anxiety for valence and arousal ratings of words. Methods 704 participants provided valence and arousal ratings for 12 written nouns pre-categorized as unpleasant, neutral, or pleasant. Predictors of valence and arousal ratings (i.e. age, sex, depression, and anxiety) were analyzed for six outcomes that emerge by combining two affective dimensions with three words categories. Data were modeled with multiple linear regression. Relative predictor importance was quantified by model-explained variance decomposition. Results Overall, average population-based ratings replicated those found in laboratory settings. The model did not reach statistical significance in the valence dimension. In the arousal dimension, the model explained 5.4% (unpleasant), 4.6% (neutral), and 3.5% (pleasant) of the variance. (Trend) effects of sex on arousal ratings were found in all word categories (unpleasant: increased arousal in women; neutral, pleasant: decreased arousal in women). Effects of age and anxiety (increased arousal) were restricted to the neutral words. Conclusions We report results of valence and arousal ratings of words in the setting of a large, observational, population-based study. Method transfer yielded acceptable data quality. The analyses demonstrated small effects of the selected predictors in the arousal dimension.

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Do you wish to waive your rights? Affect and decision-making in multilingual speakers

Cited by 54 publications

References 40 publications

Embodied Semantics in a Second Language: Critical Review and Clinical Implications

Embodied Semantics in a Second Language: Critical Review and Clinical Implications

Breaking magic: Foreign language suppresses superstition

Investigating the roles of age, sex, depression, and anxiety for valence and arousal ratings of words: a population-based study

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