Thinking in a Foreign Language Makes Decisions More Rational
To judge a risk more clearly, it may help to consider it in a foreign language.
A series of experiments on more than 300 people from the U.S. and
Korea found that thinking in a second language reduced deep-seated,
misleading biases that unduly influence how risks and benefits are
perceived.
Read more at:
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/04/language-and-bias/
giovedì, maggio 03, 2012
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