How foreign language shapes moral judgment

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue , 2015, Pages 8-17

  Geipel, Janet ^a   Hadjichristidis, Constantinos ^a,b   Surian, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Emotion; Foreign language; Moral judgment; Social and cultural norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923103988     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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