Subjects who thought their putter had been owned by a pro golfer putted better than others using the same putter without being told its pedigree. Amy Kraft reports It takes lots of practice to shave strokes off your golf score. Or you can just really believe in your putter. Because a new study finds that people putted better when told that their putter had been used by a pro golfer.
The finding illustrates what’s called positive contagion: the belief that beneficial properties can be transferred to an object. The research is in the journal Public Library of Science ONE.
难道说好运还能传染?确实有研究表明物体能从人身上吸引一些好的特质传给其他人。这项研究发表在《公共科学图书馆·综合》杂志上。
该研究把41名有打高尔夫球经验的大学生分为两组,第一组被告知他们将要用的推杆是一流高尔夫球手柯蒂斯用过的,第二组用的推杆其实和第一组的一样,只是他们以为自己用的是普通的推杆挥杆之前,两组选手都被要求画一个和球洞一样的圆圈,以为自己握了高手球杆的选手画的圈圈更大。随后每组选手都推了10杆球,那些认为沾到柯蒂斯“仙气”的选手平均推多1.5个球入穴。所以说积极的自欺欺人或许能带来好成绩。