I got used to consume the most of the information in my target languages, but sometimes I also find an interesting information in my mother tongue. Today I watched a few videos filmed by biologists in my mother tongue. One particular video seemed to be especially interesting to me. In the video a science journalist and biologist spoke about so called “ foreign language effect”. I don't remember all the facts that she listed in her video, but the main idea was that foreign language helps us function and make decisions more reasonably and rationally. Particularly she spoke about how little effect has the limbic system (that stands for emotions) on us, when we speak about a problem in a foreign language. In other words we are less emotional and more rational when we speak about an particular problem in a foreign language, especially when we speak in a foreign language that weve learned in an adulthood, because languages that weve learned in childhood and therefore we can speak these languages practically on the same level as our mother tongue dont have this effect, because as written above we should have some cognitive struggle by expressing ourself in this foreign language in order to shut up the limbic system and start thinking more rationally and less emotionally. Therefore in order to experience this effect on yourself we should speak a language that weve learned in a adulthood and know less and feel less comfortable by expressing ourself in it. After watching this video I seriously think about starting writing and reflecting about my problems in English, because this language is a perfect fit for this purpose. I started learning it in the adulthood and I know it less than German. Spanish is obviously not appropriate for this purpose because I only started learning it, but by speaking and thinking about my problems in English I will kill two birds with one stone. I will improve my active skills in English and maybe start thinking and functioning more rationally, as a science it says. Sorry that I didnt use apostrophes in my entry. My keyboard doesnt function in the right way. Thank you very much for reading this long text and I will really appreciate your help if you correct it.
I've heard that some people prefer to argue in a non-dominant language because it helps them remain rational without flying off the handle.
That is really interesting! A non-dominant language seems to avoid the influence of the limbic system and functions only through cerebral cortex.
Wow, being honest with myself, if these are my decision making skills after learning second languages, I don't want know what they would be if I were monolingual.