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The article I selected is â€Å"Embodiment and Emotional Memory in First vs. Second Language† by Baumeister, Foroni, Conrad, Rumiati and Winkielman. The reason why I chose to review this article is because as a Bilingual person whose native language is Spanish and second language is English I wanted to know how different my brain and memory reacts to both languages. Especially, I was hoping to find answers in the article and learn more about myself through it. I have always been curious about what happens when I meet someone who only speaks English, will the connection that I create with said person be as strong as a connection I can form with someone who speaks Spanish?. The study discussed in this article targets Spanish and English Speakers†¦show more content†¦However, there are things that I feel more confident talking about in English rather than in Spanish, which to me is weird. This article aims to explain the relationship between feelings, words, languages an d the reaction of your brain, memory and even facial muscles to interactions in two different languages, which makes me feel identified. I am also very interested in neurolinguistics and what happens to our brain when we learn new languages and this article has given me the information I was looking for. Moving on to the article itself and the study that is being analyzed in it, the authors start by identifying native language as L1 and second language as L2. The purpose of the study was to follow up with previous researchers who have found that language and emotions are linked and that said link is solider in L1 than in L2 which has been acquired far along in life. They wanted to reflect their findings in changes in emotional memory and embodied responses when Spanish and English was being interchangeable between bilingual people. The researchers formulated two hypotheses. The first hypothesis was based on the idea that the processing of emotional words in L2 would result on less embodied simulations (Muscle resonance) that it would in L1 participants. The second hypothesis stated that L2 participants had a harder time processing and categorizing emotional wordsShow MoreRelatedMetz Film Language a Semiotics of the Cinema PDF100902 Words   |  316 PagesFILM LANGUAGE FILM LANGUAGE A Semiotics of the Cinema Christian Metz Translated by Michael Taylor The University of Chicago Press Published by arrangement with Oxford University Press, Inc. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637  © 1974 by Oxford University Press, Inc. All rights reserved. English translation. Originally published 1974 Note on Translation  © 1991 by the University of Chicago University of Chicago Press edition 1991 Printed in the United States of America 09 08 07 6Read MoreLanguage of Advertising20371 Words   |  82 PagesPeculiarities of Advertising Language Moscow - 2010 Summary The peculiarities of advertising language are the subject of this graduation paper. At the beginning, in the first chapter is given a generalRead MoreOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 PagesE SSAYS ON TWENTIETH-C ENTURY H ISTORY In the series Critical Perspectives on the Past, edited by Susan Porter Benson, Stephen Brier, and Roy Rosenzweig Also in this series: Paula Hamilton and Linda Shopes, eds., Oral History and Public Memories Tiffany Ruby Patterson, Zora Neale Hurston and a History of Southern Life Lisa M. Fine, The Story of Reo Joe: Work, Kin, and Community in Autotown, U.S.A. Van Gosse and Richard Moser, eds., The World the Sixties Made: Politics and Culture inRead MoreStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 PagesBetter Job 91 4 Emotions and Moods 97 What Are Emotions and Moods? 98 The Basic Emotions 100 †¢ The Basic Moods: Positive and Negative Affect 100 †¢ The Function of Emotions 102 †¢ Sources of Emotions and Moods 103 Emotional Labor 108 Affective Events Theory 110 Emotional Intelligence 112 The Case for EI 113 †¢ The Case Against EI 114 †¢ Emotion Regulation 115 OB Applications of Emotions and Moods 115 Selection 116 †¢ Decision Making 116 †¢ Creativity 116 †¢ Motivation 117 †¢ Leadership 117 †¢ NegotiationRead MoreOrganisational Theory230255 Words   |  922 Pagesorganization theory. Henk W. Volberda, Chair of the Department of Strategic Management Business Environment and Vice-Dean of the RSM Erasmus University, Netherlands At last, a text that brings organization theory into the 21st century! This is the first organization theory textbook to provide full and informed coverage of a range of contemporary developments in the field. Notably, it includes diverse contributi ons to organization theory made by critical management studies. It really is pathbreaking