Recent studies suggest that the clothes we wear can affect our thought processes. Part of a larger body of research called embodied cognition, these studies attempt to understand whether clothes might alter how we interact with the world.
Which makes me wonder about our Supreme Court justices. What happens to them when they put on those impersonal, androgynous robes?
Perhaps such attire makes it easier for them to render decisions that seem, well, creepy--like the recent ruling that strip searches are OK for even minor offenders. Maybe when you don't dress like the rest of the world and look more like characters out of Harry Potter, you lose perspective.
Let's bring our justices into the 21st century and ditch the robes. Street clothes just might do wonders.
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Great article! I remember Mamadoc explaining to me that there's a placebo effect for patients if their doctor wears a white coat; now I see that the effect is on the doctor too!
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