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JOHNSON is a fan of the Freakonomics books and columns. But this week's podcast makes me wonder if the team of Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt aren't...

Native languages are usually acquired in emotional, natural contexts, while foreign languages are typically learned through neutral, academic ones. As this article dives into how foreign languages affect emotional processing as compared to native languages, it finds data that shows that the emotional reactivity of bilinguals does decrease with foreign language use.