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The irrational hungry judge effect revisited (2023)
The irrational hungry judge effect revisited: Simulations reveal that the magnitude of the effect is overestimated - Volume 11 Issue 6
Considering the tremendous consequences for human beings, the large magnitude of the effect, and the fact that the investigated boards decide almost half of the parole requests in Israel, these results are unexpected and potentially alarming. I critically revisited this interpretation and tested whether the core of the conclusion — namely that order and mental depletion causally influence the outcome of legal judgments — can be made on the basis of the presented data. According to previous findings on mental depletion, the “irrational hungry judge effect” should at best be small in magnitude (if existing at all; see Reference Carter and McCulloughCarter & McCullough, 2013), which might render the observed extraneous influence less relevant from a practical point of view and the need for state interventions less urgent.
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