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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.

This article discusses if/how language affects the way we think and the way we see through a scientific perspective.

This article reminded me of the TedTalk we watched with Lindsay Morcom because it talked about how in Russian, they describe different shades of blue in different words just like how in Indigenous language, they do the same. The article talks about how languages can change your perception of the world.

This article is about how our native language affects what we notice in our surroundings. It features the "Russian blues" theory that Russians, since they have two separate words for blue, can define blues quicker and with more accuracy than native english speakers.