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2025
University of Chicago News
Listen to grandma—life’s not a zero-sum game
December 17, 2025
Becker Friedman Institute
The Impact of Language on Decision-Making: Auction Winners are Less Cursed in a Foreign Language
October 15, 2025
New Scientist
Is reading always better for your brain than listening to audiobooks?
September 22, 2025
The Observer
The illusion of understanding: why the way we communicate matters
July 18, 2025
University of Chicago News
UChicago students debate and make deals in ‘Psychology of Negotiation’ course
April 28, 2025
2024
Science
Why it’s never too late to learn a language as an adult
June 21, 2024
2023
CNBC
UChicago psychologist shares his No.1 brain hack for critical thinking and memory skills: Think in a foreign language
October 28, 2023
The Guardian
How thinking in a foreign language improves decision-making
September 17, 2023
psyche
Do you think more clearly when reading or when listening?
August 14, 2023
Current Science Daily
Dr Janet Geipel: 'The modality effect suggests that by providing surveys in the spoken modality responses might be relatively more intuitive'
July 20, 2023
Language Magazine
Research: Using a foreign language can reduce false memories
July 19, 2023
New Scientist
How listening to audiobooks may be making us more gullible
May 24, 2023
The Zag
11 Different Ways to Think to Unlock New Ideas
March 22, 2023
Yourtango
How To Know When You Should (And Shouldn't) Apologize
January 17, 2023
2022
ZME Science
Humans think more rationally in a foreign language, study finds
December 22, 2022
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