I am French native living in Australia for 11 years. I came all alone at 21 with a suit case of 21 kg. The rest is history.
I don't relate to this research at all. I found my reactive thinking has always been slower than most native.
In fact, when I go see comedians, I will quite often start laughing half a second after everyone else.
Somewhere deep down, there is a rewiring done and some latency added naturally. I believe.
I am used to live with it. In fact, thinking in French hurts my head now.
So I wonder if it's not about the fact that the person in a different language is mostly in a different place in his mind, and therefore more feels analytic, naturally.
That, or I'm just an edge case.
I've also felt at a strong disadvantage in arguments with others in the first 5 years, now I just yell French and go ape at them (not really.)
I don't relate to this research at all. I found my reactive thinking has always been slower than most native.
In fact, when I go see comedians, I will quite often start laughing half a second after everyone else.
Somewhere deep down, there is a rewiring done and some latency added naturally. I believe.
I am used to live with it. In fact, thinking in French hurts my head now.
So I wonder if it's not about the fact that the person in a different language is mostly in a different place in his mind, and therefore more feels analytic, naturally.
That, or I'm just an edge case.
I've also felt at a strong disadvantage in arguments with others in the first 5 years, now I just yell French and go ape at them (not really.)