Decision Journaling for Better Judgment Over Time
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Decision Journaling for Better Judgment Over Time

Corrected by Emir Baycan · on When Notes Fly · 28 July 2026 · View published page ↗

Systematically improve your decision-making by journaling your reasoning and reviewing outcomes to enhance future choices.

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The exact change

Before

Hagger 2016 showed a significant depletion effect; parole-board data proves judges were depleted; decision-making reliably degrades subsequent judgment.

After

Hagger 2016 found NO significant depletion effect (d=0.04, 95% CI [-0.07,0.15]); the parole-board study is an observational association; sustained decision-making MAY degrade judgment but this is contested (36-lab null, d=0.06).

Why this is better

Independent fact-check against Hagger et al. 2016 (Perspect Psychol Sci), Danziger et al. 2011 (PNAS), and Vohs et al. 2021.

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