Comment by keepamovin

That's a good factor too but would have to investigate how much this correlates with the findings of the original article. Plus unrelated studies that find moderate performance increase to people who restrict bowel movements before test (anal retentive hahaha! :).

Do study support that it operates as blinker on complexity or even impacts cognition, besides the judgements or increased "irrationality"? As pointed out increased irrationality, can be a boon for lateral search space exploration, and could be argued to lead discovery of better judgements. Similarly, increased focus on core tenets by carving off complexity could also lead to better performance.

Also, in legal cases, with potential for politicization of key issues, what's deemed irrational may simply be heretical from one ideology. Unsure the specifics in this case, so would have to consider such factors, too.