In a 2014 poll, 33% of American said they believed that finding and picking up a penny was good luck, and 24% considered it ...

Friday the 13th is quickly approaching. Where did the holiday originate? What are some lucky and unlucky superstitions?

Each human culture consists of a unique set of values, beliefs and practices. However, a common thread across cultures is the ...

Is it haunted or just well-ventilated? We uncovered the mystery of the 13th floor and how this tradition started.

There are a lot of myths about divorce and divorce statistics that keep infecting our society. For starters, despite what ...

It’s astonishing how this group has contributed to building a nation and to shaping a culture, leaving such a strong imprint.

Superstitions, rituals, and symbolic gestures all feed into a larger psychological need: identity reinforcement. In a ...

These are all examples of superstitions or what Stuart Vyse, PhD, and the author of Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition, calls magical thinking. More than half of Americans admitted ...

Climate shocks trigger emotional distress, which limits long-term thinking and can lead to environmentally harmful choices.

To combat these ‘popular’ myths, Eysenck encourages a more critical approach to understanding psychology. He points out that media representations can distort psychological realities ...

“We choose to believe myths in psychology because they confirm what we would like to believe is the case, or what appears to be consistent with our general knowledge and/or personal experience.

New research challenges traditional views and myths in psychology, such as the long-held belief that parenting is the biggest influence on adult personalities. A comprehensive review of current ...