A study of more than 1,000 parole rulings by experienced judges in Israel indicated that the judges ruled in favor of the prisoner about 65% of the time right after a lunch or snack break but that the favorable rulings dwindled down to about 0% as the day progressed. At the time of the next food break, the rate of favorable rulings immediately kicked up to 65% again.
Henry, I wonder if this is also related to decision fatigue! Please see http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/magazine/do-you-suffer-from-decision-fatigue.html?_r=0
ReplyDeleteA very intriguing article and quite plausible. The bottom line, at least from my viewpoint, is that it is telling me that I should pork out on candy and doughnuts prior to making any decisions. Works for me!
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