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Does foreign language liberate or limit creativity? Three experiments on foreign language anxiety and use, and divergent and convergent thinking
Does foreign language liberate or limit creativity? Three experiments on foreign language anxiety and use, and divergent and convergent thinking
Study co-written by Dr Richard Haans investigating the effects of being forced to work in a foreign language on individuals’ ability to be creative, and testing the prediction that foreign language use hampers and strengthens divergent and convergent thinking.