%0 Journal Article
%T Language and transient emotional states affect implicit cultural bias
%A Ceri Ellis
%A Lowri Hadden
%A Manon Wyn Jones
%J Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
%@ 1747-0226
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1747021818792412
%X Bilinguals react to cultural information in a language-dependent fashion, but it is unknown whether this is influenced by the individual¡¯s emotional state. Here, we show that induced mood states increase cultural bias¡ªmeasured using the Implicit Association Test (IAT)¡ªbut this effect occurs asymmetrically across languages. In the native language, bilinguals show a strong cultural bias, which is not influenced by mood. But in the non-native language, a relatively low cultural bias significantly increases as a function of a positive or negative mood. Our findings suggest that the native language promotes an inherent cultural bias, which is impervious to fluctuations in the bilingual¡¯s mood state. In the second language, however, bilinguals are culturally impartial, unless they are in a heightened mood state
%K Language
%K culture
%K emotion
%K bias
%K Implicit Association Test
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1747021818792412