Cogito, ergo sum

  

"the sunk cost effect, which is our reluctance to leave a failing endeavour." 

 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/17/how-learning-thinking-in-a-foreign-language-improves-decision-making 

"Besides altering the quality of our memories, switching between languages can influence people’s financial decision-making and their appraisal of moral dilemmas. " 

"participants were first given a list of connected words, such as “dream”, “snooze”, “bed” and “rest”. When their recall was tested later, many people mistakenly remembered hearing the word sleep, which was not on the list.  

This is a standard technique to test people’s tendency to form false memories, and it was considerably less likely to happen if they performed the task in their foreign language."  

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'Using a foreign language reduces decision-making biases." 

"foreign language provides greater cognitive and emotional distance than a native tongue does."