标题: 不冲动做决定 用外语思考让你更理智 [打印本页] 作者: 小小小鱼儿 时间: 2014-5-4 10:34
标题: 不冲动做决定 用外语思考让你更理智 Got a difficult decision to make? Why not mull it over auf deutsch?
面临艰难的抉择？为什么不试试用德语来思考？
A new study suggested that people are prone to make more sound, less risky decisions if they are thinking in a language other than their native tongue。
一项新的研究结果显示，当人们用母语之外的语言思考的时候，往往更能做出理智而非轻率的决定。
The series of experiments, conducted by Boaz Keysar of the University of Chicago, led the scientists to believe that ‘using a foreign language reduces decision-making bias,’ Dr Keysar’s team wrote。
Their findings, published in an April 18 Psychological Science study, say that human reasoning is shaped by both systematic, rational ideas, and another that’s emotionally-charged and rapid。
Each student was given $15 in dollar bills, and could bet $1 at a time on either heads or tails. If they bet and won, they could win $1.50, and lost nothing if they did not bet。
When they were given the experiment in English, the students acted narrow-mindedly, and took the bet only about half of the time。
当这些学生们在实验过程中说英语的时候，他们思路狭窄，在游戏中有一半的时间内并没有下注。
But when the same students heard instructions in Spanish, they bet 74 per cent of the time。
但是当研究者们用西班牙语讲述游戏规则的时候，这些参与调查的学生在游戏74%的时间里都愿意下注。
The conclusion, then, these scientists believe, is that thinking in a foreign language distances people from snap emotional decisions, allowing decisions to be more logical。