# Research by Prof. Adam Alter on information processing is cited

1 Faculty News May 30, 2012 ![](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_036423.gif?itok=mawlmNzn)>

Excerpt from [Discover Magazine](http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2012/05/30/does-speaking-in-a-second-language-make-you-think-more-or-feel-less/) -- "Another cue that triggers deeper thinking is a feeling of fluency in processing, or an impressionistic sense of how easy or difficult it is to process certain information. If it feels hard, this is a signal to switch to slower thinking. For example, in a study led by [Adam Alter](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/adam-alter), subjects had to answer math problems ... "

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