Being lucky isn't completely beyond our control
"being lucky isn't completely beyond our control.
Fundamentally, your brain doesn't like or want to believe in randomness. It always believes you have some control, even when you don't. For instance, craps players throw dice less forcefully when they want low numbers, as if that will make a difference:
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"One of the primary ways good luck operates is by increasing self-confidence. It's the placebo effect. And that's why wishing someone luck works: Activating a positive superstitious belief can boost people's confidence, which in turn improves performance.
And it's the same reason good luck charms work:"
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"The researchers found that by activating good luck beliefs, these objects were consistently able to boost people's self-confidence and that this up-tick in self-assurance in turn affected a wide range of performance. Lucky thinking, it turned out in this study, positively affected people's ability to solve puzzles and to remember the pictures depicted on thirty-six different cards, and it improved their putting performance in golf! In fact, people with a lucky charm performed significantly better than did the people who had none. That's right, having a lucky charm will make you a better golfer, should you care about such things, and improve your cognitive performance on tasks such as memory games"
"There are other benefits—believing in luck can make you more fun."
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Fundamentally, your brain doesn't like or want to believe in randomness. It always believes you have some control, even when you don't. For instance, craps players throw dice less forcefully when they want low numbers, as if that will make a difference:
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Nonetheless, many studies have shown that gamblers will bet more and continue gambling longer if they do have a personal role in these fundamentally random events. In some cases, this even affects the style of the particular actions involved in the game. For example, craps players tend to throw the dice with less force when trying to roll low numbers."--------------------------
"One of the primary ways good luck operates is by increasing self-confidence. It's the placebo effect. And that's why wishing someone luck works: Activating a positive superstitious belief can boost people's confidence, which in turn improves performance.
And it's the same reason good luck charms work:"
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"The researchers found that by activating good luck beliefs, these objects were consistently able to boost people's self-confidence and that this up-tick in self-assurance in turn affected a wide range of performance. Lucky thinking, it turned out in this study, positively affected people's ability to solve puzzles and to remember the pictures depicted on thirty-six different cards, and it improved their putting performance in golf! In fact, people with a lucky charm performed significantly better than did the people who had none. That's right, having a lucky charm will make you a better golfer, should you care about such things, and improve your cognitive performance on tasks such as memory games"
"There are other benefits—believing in luck can make you more fun."
.......... (read more) !!
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Your 12 Lucky Lottery Number Calculators are here: Lucky Numbers 4U.
