Second Language Use Facilitates Implicit Emotion Regulation via Content Labeling

摘要: Previous studies reported that negative stimuli induced less affect in bilinguals when were presented bilinguals’ second, weaker language (L2) than they their native (L1). This effect of L2 use was attributed to increased emotional distance as well levels cognitive control during use. Here we investigated how explicit (cognitive reappraisal, i.e. reinterpreting the meaning stimulus alter its impact) and implicit (content labeling, categorizing content image; emotion naming by stimulus) regulation strategies are altered an (English) context German speakers with medium high proficiency L2. While previous used linguistic stimuli, such words, induce affect, here images test whether reduced could also be observed for non-linguistic context. We hypothesized previously implicated increase would result advantage (i.e. leading emotions compared L1 context), strengthening re-evaluation on evoked emotions. Using a classic paradigm, examined changes subjective state ratings labeling found strength affective responses did not depend which image presented. Crucially, more effective L1, whereas differ between languages. Overall, regulated most effectively through (reappraisal) These results demonstrate suggest alters sub-processes but labeling.