Comment People with mental illness like hats. (Score 1) 46
It keeps the head warm and improves mental performance. A warm head performs at a better rate. Like a warmed up body or the people doing hot yoga. I'm a more or less bald ADHD candidate and I wear buffs as "spare hair" and observe a similar effect.
There's a reason we keep ill and injured people warm.
Bottom line:
This sounds plausible IMHO.