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，芝加哥大学的研究人员发现，当人们用外语思考时，会有一种距离感，——这会帮助他们做出更深思熟虑的，更少情绪化的决定。“也许这种效应里面最重要的原理是，和母语相比，外语能触动的情感上的共鸣更少，”研究人员早川小百合在一项陈述中讲道。“任何情绪化的反应都可以产生更多是出于恐惧而非希望做出的决定，甚至在胜算极大的情形下。”