When people are presented with a moral dilemma in their native language but the words are spoken with a foreign accent, it appears that they make more rational decisions. This was revealed in research that Susanne Brouwer ...
Dec 23, 2021
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Australia is a multicultural society. There are different traditions, cultures, accents and languages all over the country.
Feb 8, 2021
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Language research has documented that people tend to draw inferences about speakers based on how they talk. These often implicit inferences can occur in the blink of an eye and can affect how smart we think someone is, how ...
Nov 14, 2019
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Alzheimer's disease wreaks emotional havoc on patients, who are robbed of their memories, their dignity, and their lives. It's financially devastating as well: care for Alzheimer's patients is predicted to top $1 trillion ...
Oct 8, 2019
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For most native English-speakers, learning the Mandarin Chinese language from scratch is no easy task.
May 8, 2019
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Experts from the Basque research centre BCBL have shown for the first time that the way in which the activity of two brains is connected depends on whether the dialogue takes place in the native language or in a foreign language. ...
Feb 15, 2019
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A taxi driver recently cut me up on the motorway. Without hesitation, I machine-gunned a string of vulgarity at the poor man. What struck me was that every word that came out of my mouth was in Spanish. As a native speaker ...
Jun 5, 2018
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A new study on second language learning has recently taken the media by storm. A range of headlines – from the BBC to the Daily Mail and The Guardian – all trumpeted the depressing message that it's impossible to become ...
May 10, 2018
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If you could save the lives of five people by pushing another bystander in front of a train to his death, would you do it? And should it make any difference if that choice is presented in a language you speak, but isn't your ...
Aug 16, 2017
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Scientists from the Higher School of Economics (HSE), together with colleagues from the University of Helsinki, have discovered that learning foreign languages enhances the brain's elasticity and its ability to code information. ...
Sep 5, 2016
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