A recent article published in Psychology Today states “Superstitious charms and rituals actually do improve performance.” A study done at the University of Cologne has somewhat proved that to be possible. During several experiments, half of the test subjects were told to bring a lucky charm or anything that brings them luck, and the other half had no knowledge of this. The “lucky” group tested 35% better than that compared to the other group. Many similar studies have been conducted showing that such athletic routines (such as bouncing a basketball 3 times before shooting a free throw) can actually boost performance.
In my personal opinion, I think it is all a mind-game, if you think you are lucky, you will actually be lucky. So long as people believe in “luck” luck will continue to exist. The mind is a powerful thing, if you really believe you are going to do well in something, your chances of doing so are greatly higher.
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