APS
2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022
The Foreign Language Effect and Health-Related Decisions in Hindi-English Bilinguals
- Kiran Misra
The University of Texas at El Paso - Miguel Garcia
The University of Texas at El Paso - Paola Baca
University of Texas at Austin - Adolfo Alvarez
University of Texas at El Paso - Lawrence Cohn
University of Texas at El Paso
Abstract
This study investigated the foreign language effect (FLE) in 340 Hindi-English bilinguals recruited from India via MTurk. Participants evaluated the perceived risk associated with health-threatening scenarios that were read in their native (Hindi) or non-native (English) language. As predicted FLE was revealed in two of the three outcome measures.
Decision Making
