Keep Your Fingers Crossed: How Superstition Improves Performance

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It makes sense to me.I had a St. Christopher medal in my car for years and never got a ticket. Then I sold the car and forgot to take the medal out of it. I got my first speeding ticket 2 weeks later. coincident? maybe.or maybe having that medal all that time made me a better driver.

rob of FL 1:38PM July 16, 2010

I think the article makes sense. People perform supernaturally when they believe that a supernatural power is behind them. There are certain incidents in life that are sometimes hard to fathom and explain and the person who could understand them better are the ones who have experienced them themselves.

Nolito DelaCruz Yu of CA 11:40AM July 15, 2010

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