Neural efficiency in EFL learning and positive psychology.

ABSTRACT: This study aims to investigate how teachers' positive feedback influences learners' positive psychology in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) instruction and to examine how positive psychology enhances learning outcomes through the neural efficiency hypothesis. The study employed three neuroscientific and behavioral experiments to address these questions. Study 1, with 78 college-level EFL learners, examined the effect of teachers' positive feedback on learners' positive psychology and found a significant positive impact. Study 2, conducted with 102 EFL learners, tested the neural efficiency hypothesis and revealed that higher positive psychology improved neural efficiency, with positive feedback moderating this effect. Study 3, involving 54 EFL learners, explored the relationship between

SUBMITTER: Hsu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11864557 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature