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SUBMITTER: Iacozza S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5626519 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Iacozza Sara S Costa Albert A Duñabeitia Jon Andoni JA
PloS one 20171003 10
Foreign languages are often learned in emotionally neutral academic environments which differ greatly from the familiar context where native languages are acquired. This difference in learning contexts has been argued to lead to reduced emotional resonance when confronted with a foreign language. In the current study, we investigated whether the reactivity of the sympathetic nervous system in response to emotionally-charged stimuli is reduced in a foreign language. To this end, pupil sizes were ...[more]