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The Impact of Foreign Language on Meta-Reasoning in Moral Decisions

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|Jan 2026

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.472 | Journal eISSN: 2514-4820
Language: English
Submitted on: Feb 23, 2024
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Published on: Jan 7, 2026
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