We think more rationally in a foreign language
Thought this was interesting - system 1 and system 2 thinking influences rational thinking when we think in a ‘foreign language’ (BPS Digest)
“The researchers aren’t entirely sure why speaking in a less familiar tongue makes people more “rational”, in the sense of not being affected by framing effects or loss aversion. But they think it may have to do with creating psychological distance, encouraging systematic rather than automatic thinking, and with reducing the emotional impact of decisions.”
“People who routinely make decisions in a foreign language rather than their native tongue might be less biased in their savings, investment, and retirement decisions, as a result of reduced myopic loss aversion,” they concluded. “Over a long time horizon, this might very well be beneficial.”
