The psychologist and science writer Stuart Ritchie reports on yet another famous psychology finding that hasn’t replicated. A 2011 study claimed that the verdicts of a group of Israeli judges varied wildly depending on the time of the day: they were far more likely to grant parole after lunch than before lunch, when they were hungry. This study has been much-discussed, in particular because it featured in Daniel Kahneman’s
Sleepwalk bias and the role of impulses
Sleepwalk bias and the role of impulses
Sleepwalk bias and the role of impulses
The psychologist and science writer Stuart Ritchie reports on yet another famous psychology finding that hasn’t replicated. A 2011 study claimed that the verdicts of a group of Israeli judges varied wildly depending on the time of the day: they were far more likely to grant parole after lunch than before lunch, when they were hungry. This study has been much-discussed, in particular because it featured in Daniel Kahneman’s