Publications
The Foreign Language Effect
Hayakawa, S., & Keysar, B. (2018). Using a foreign language reduces mental imagery. Cognition, 173, 8-15. (pdf)
Bereby-Meyer, Y., Hayakawa, S., Shalvi, S., Corey, J., Costa, A., & Keysar, B. (2018). Honesty speaks a second language. Topics in Cognitive Science, 1-12. (pdf)
Hayakawa, S., Tannenbaum, D., Costa, A., Corey, J.D., & Keysar, B. (2017). Thinking more or feeling less? Explaining the foreign-language effect on moral judgment. Psychological Science, 0956797617720944 (pdf)
Hayakawa, S., Lau, B. K. Y., Holtzmann, S., Costa, A., & Keysar, B. (2017). On the reliability of the foreign language effect on risk-taking. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1747021817742242. (pdf)
Costa, A., Corey, J.D., Hayakawa, S., Aparici, M., Vives, M. & Keysar, B. (2017). The role of intentions and outcomes in the foreign language effect on moral judgments. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1747021817738409. (pdf)
Corey, J., Hayakawa. S., Foucart, A., Aparici, M., Botella, J., Costa, A., & Keysar, B. (2017). Our moral choices are foreign to us. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 43(7), 1109-1129. (pdf)
Hayakawa, S., Costa, A., Foucart, A., & Keysar, B. (2016). Using a Foreign Language Changes Our Choices. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 20(11), 791-793. (pdf)
Costa, A., Foucart, A., Hayakawa, S., Aparici, M., Apesteguia, J., Heafner, J., & Keysar, B. (2014). Your Morals Depend on Language. PLOS ONE, 9(4), e94842. (pdf)
Keysar, B., Hayakawa, S.L., & An, S. (2012) The foreign language effect: thinking in a foreign tongue reduces decision making biases. Psychological Science, 23(6), 661-668. (pdf)
Bilingualism and Cognition
Marian, V., Lam, T. Q., Hayakawa, S., & Dhar, S. (2018). Top-down cognitive and linguistic influences on the suppression of spontaneous otoacoustic emissions. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 12: 378. (pdf)
Marian, V., Hayakawa, S., Lam, T. Q., & Schroeder, S. R. (2018). Language Experience Changes Audiovisual Perception. Brain Sciences, 8(5), 85. (pdf)
Other
Motoyoshi, I. & Hayakawa, S. (2010). Adaptation-induced blindness to sluggish stimuli. Journal of Vision, 10(2):16, 1-8. (pdf)
Marian, V. & Hayakawa, S. (2018). The surprising power of language over memory and choice. Psychology Today.
Hayakawa, S., & Keysar, B. (2018). Using a foreign language reduces mental imagery. Cognition, 173, 8-15. (pdf)
Bereby-Meyer, Y., Hayakawa, S., Shalvi, S., Corey, J., Costa, A., & Keysar, B. (2018). Honesty speaks a second language. Topics in Cognitive Science, 1-12. (pdf)
Hayakawa, S., Tannenbaum, D., Costa, A., Corey, J.D., & Keysar, B. (2017). Thinking more or feeling less? Explaining the foreign-language effect on moral judgment. Psychological Science, 0956797617720944 (pdf)
Hayakawa, S., Lau, B. K. Y., Holtzmann, S., Costa, A., & Keysar, B. (2017). On the reliability of the foreign language effect on risk-taking. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1747021817742242. (pdf)
Costa, A., Corey, J.D., Hayakawa, S., Aparici, M., Vives, M. & Keysar, B. (2017). The role of intentions and outcomes in the foreign language effect on moral judgments. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1747021817738409. (pdf)
Corey, J., Hayakawa. S., Foucart, A., Aparici, M., Botella, J., Costa, A., & Keysar, B. (2017). Our moral choices are foreign to us. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 43(7), 1109-1129. (pdf)
Hayakawa, S., Costa, A., Foucart, A., & Keysar, B. (2016). Using a Foreign Language Changes Our Choices. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 20(11), 791-793. (pdf)
Costa, A., Foucart, A., Hayakawa, S., Aparici, M., Apesteguia, J., Heafner, J., & Keysar, B. (2014). Your Morals Depend on Language. PLOS ONE, 9(4), e94842. (pdf)
Keysar, B., Hayakawa, S.L., & An, S. (2012) The foreign language effect: thinking in a foreign tongue reduces decision making biases. Psychological Science, 23(6), 661-668. (pdf)
Bilingualism and Cognition
Marian, V., Lam, T. Q., Hayakawa, S., & Dhar, S. (2018). Top-down cognitive and linguistic influences on the suppression of spontaneous otoacoustic emissions. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 12: 378. (pdf)
Marian, V., Hayakawa, S., Lam, T. Q., & Schroeder, S. R. (2018). Language Experience Changes Audiovisual Perception. Brain Sciences, 8(5), 85. (pdf)
Other
Motoyoshi, I. & Hayakawa, S. (2010). Adaptation-induced blindness to sluggish stimuli. Journal of Vision, 10(2):16, 1-8. (pdf)
Marian, V. & Hayakawa, S. (2018). The surprising power of language over memory and choice. Psychology Today.
Selected Press
New York Times: Our moral tongue: Moral judgments depend on what language we're speaking
The Economist: Gained in translation: When moral dilemmas are posed in a foreign language, people become more coolly utilitarian.
The Wall Street Journal: Moral decisions may depend on your language
Bloomberg Business: To avoid stupid mistakes, think in French
Wired: Thinking in a Foreign Language Could Sway Your Moral Judgments
The Economist: Oprima dos for better cognition
Scientific American: How Knowing a Foreign Language Can Improve Your Decisions
Huffington Post: Thinking In A Foreign Language Leads To Better Decisions: Study
Qrius: Want to be more rational? Learn another language.
Financial Times: Do we make better decisions in a foreign language?
Psychology Today: Explaining the moral foreign-language effect.
Daily Mail: Struggling to make a tough decision? Try it in a foreign language: Switching from your native tongue removes emotional interference, experts say.
UChicago News: Communicating in a foreign language takes emotion out of decision-making.
UChicago News: Research examines impact of foreign language on risk perception, moral judgment.
Le Monde: Le langage de nos émotions.
Daily Mail: Pensez-vous Francais? Thinking in a foreign language 'leads to more rational decision making'.
The Economist: Gained in translation: When moral dilemmas are posed in a foreign language, people become more coolly utilitarian.
The Wall Street Journal: Moral decisions may depend on your language
Bloomberg Business: To avoid stupid mistakes, think in French
Wired: Thinking in a Foreign Language Could Sway Your Moral Judgments
The Economist: Oprima dos for better cognition
Scientific American: How Knowing a Foreign Language Can Improve Your Decisions
Huffington Post: Thinking In A Foreign Language Leads To Better Decisions: Study
Qrius: Want to be more rational? Learn another language.
Financial Times: Do we make better decisions in a foreign language?
Psychology Today: Explaining the moral foreign-language effect.
Daily Mail: Struggling to make a tough decision? Try it in a foreign language: Switching from your native tongue removes emotional interference, experts say.
UChicago News: Communicating in a foreign language takes emotion out of decision-making.
UChicago News: Research examines impact of foreign language on risk perception, moral judgment.
Le Monde: Le langage de nos émotions.
Daily Mail: Pensez-vous Francais? Thinking in a foreign language 'leads to more rational decision making'.
