But University of Chicago researchers found that when people think in a foreign language, it provides distancing -- which could help them make more deliberate, less emotion-based decisions. "Perhaps the most important mechanism for the effect is that a foreign language has less emotional resonance than a native tongue,” study researcher Sayuri Hayakawa said in a statement. “An emotional reaction could lead to decisions that are motivated more by fear than by hope, even when the odds are highly favorable.”
但是，芝加哥大學的研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，當人們用外語思考時，會有一種距離感，——這會幫助他們做出更深思熟慮的，更少情緒化的決定。“也許這種效應里面最重要的原理是，和母語相比，外語能觸動的情感上的共鳴更少，”研究人員早川小百合在一項陳述中講道?！叭魏吻榫w化的反應都可以產生更多是出于恐懼而非希望做出的決定，甚至在勝算極大的情形下?！?/span>