Is the 'decree' ritual really effective?

Scientists discovered that people could eliminate the rising anxiety of their unlucky fate if they participated in a certain "black carriage" ritual.

In Western culture, touching wood is the most popular way of superstition, thought to be able to reverse the bad luck or eliminate the "inconvenience" . It is similar to the way of spraying rice salt or "burning incense" in Vietnam. Even people who are not too superstitious sometimes take actions like this when they fall into a blackout.

In Western culture, touching wood is the most popular way of superstition, thought to be able to reverse the bad luck or eliminate the "inconvenience" .(Photo: Alamy)

According to a research report published in the journal Journal of Experimental Psychology , taking a physical action can help eliminate a vivid image in the brain about negative events as well as "reverse". gain the ability to foresee about inadequacy.

The research team from the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business found that actions to perform exorcism rituals are the most effective way to get rid of the obsession with blackouts and make " Black transport "is less likely to cling to them.

In five separate experiments, researchers have asked volunteers (who may have risked a risky job or not) to take a preventive action, disarming the evil or not. . Dismissing actions including superstitious jobs such as knocking on a tree or spreading salt, or not superstitious like throwing a ball. The result is that those who "exorcise" believe themselves to be out of the black and the results are less likely to happen to them.

Jane Risen, the head of the study, explains: "Our findings imply that not all actions to eliminate blackness are equally effective . Instead, we find out. , "exorcism" actions are particularly effective in reducing negative predictive consequences of "inconvenience."