Thinking in a Foreign Language Makes Decisions More Rational

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http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/20...uage-and-bias/

Equally plausible, however, is that communicating in a learned language forces people to be deliberate, reducing the role of potentially unreliable instinct. Research also shows that immediate emotional reactions to emotively charged words are muted in non-native languages, further hinting at deliberation.

I offer this post in support of the liberal arts language professors on the board ... and maybe the fact Mitt speaks French is the real reason he is such a good businessman, not to mention, potentially, a good president