Thinking in a Foreign language reduces the causality bias

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dc.contributor.authorDíaz Lago, Marcos
dc.contributor.authorMatute, Helena
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-16T13:32:31Z
dc.date.available2025-10-16T13:32:31Z
dc.date.issued2019-01-01
dc.date.updated2025-10-16T13:32:31Z
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this research is to investigate the impact of a foreign language on the causality bias (i.e., the illusion that two events are causally related when they are not). We predict that using a foreign language could reduce the illusions of causality. A total of 36 native English speakers participated in Experiment 1, 80 native Spanish speakers in Experiment 2. They performed a standard contingency learning task, which can be used to detect causal illusions. Participants who performed the task in their native tongue replicated the illusion of causality effect, whereas those performing the task in their foreign language were more accurate in detecting that the two events were causally unrelated. Our results suggest that presenting the information in a foreign language could be used as a strategy to debias individuals against causal illusions, thereby facilitating more accurate judgements and decisions in non-contingent situations. They also contribute to the debate on the nature and underlying mechanisms of the foreign language effect, given that the illusion of causality is rooted in basic associative processes.en
dc.description.sponsorshipSupport for this research was provided by Grant PSI2016-78818-R (AEI/FEDER, EU) from Agencia Estatal de Investigación of the Spanish Government, and the European Regional Development Fund, as well as Grant IT955-16 from the Basque Government, both awarded to H.M.en
dc.identifier.citationDíaz-Lago, M., & Matute, H. (2019). Thinking in a Foreign language reduces the causality bias. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 72(1), 41-51. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747021818755326
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1747021818755326
dc.identifier.eissn1747-0226
dc.identifier.issn1747-0218
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14454/3993
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSAGE Publications Ltd
dc.rights© Experimental Psychology Society 2018
dc.subject.otherCausality bias
dc.subject.otherCognitive biases
dc.subject.otherContingency judgements
dc.subject.otherDebiasing
dc.subject.otherForeign language effect
dc.subject.otherIllusion of causality
dc.titleThinking in a Foreign language reduces the causality biasen
dc.typejournal article
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
oaire.citation.endPage51
oaire.citation.issue1
oaire.citation.startPage41
oaire.citation.titleQuarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
oaire.citation.volume72
oaire.licenseConditionhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
oaire.versionVoR
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