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- The study investigated how first language (L1) and second language (L2), along with emotions and cognitive load, impact decision-making among bilingual individuals.
- Results indicated that under high cognitive load, negative words elicited a more positive P3 response in L1, while in L2, neutral words had a similar effect, affecting rational decision-making differently in each language.
- The findings suggest that the cognitive processing in L1 and L2 leads to varying levels of rationality in decision-making, highlighting the complexity of language's influence on our choices.
Article Abstract
The present study examined how decision-making is affected by first (L1) and second languages (L2), emotion, and cognitive load. In a cross-task study, 30 Chinese-English bilinguals were asked to implement lexical-semantic judgment and gambling task. The results showed that after lexical decisions under high cognitive load, P3 was more positive for negative words than for neutral words in L1. The reverse was the case in the L2 in which P3 was more positive for neutral words compared to negative words. Critically, under high cognitive load, as the P3 effect increased for negative words relative to neutral words, the rationality of the decisions after these negative words decreased in the L1 but increased in the L2. The results moreover revealed that the increased Granger causal strength predicted more rational choices in the L2 high-load negative condition. Altogether, the findings offer evidence of how L1s and L2s can differentially influence rational decision-making.
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| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2022.108265 | DOI Listing |
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