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K. Cain

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Open access Sep 2026

Does native culture restore emotional intensity? Distinct effects of cultural context on L2 affective processing

Bilinguals often experience reduced emotional resonance in their second language (L2), known as “emotional distance.” This study investigates how cultural context, specifically culture relatedness, modulates this experience in late Mandarin-English bilinguals. We employed a multi-methodological approach to disentangl...

Yan-Xi Lu, K. Cain, Bo Yao et al. · 0 citations
Open access Aug 2026

Effect of culture relatedness on affective neural responses to words in L1 and L2: ERP studies

This study investigates affective responses to words in bilinguals’ native (L1) and second (L2) languages. Specifically, we examine how the extent to which concepts are related to one’s own native or second culture influences these emotional responses. While previous research has shown that emotional responses are ofte...

Yan-Xi Lu, Bo Yao, K. Cain et al. · 0 citations

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