Research claims lucky charms actually work

Like other people said, it's mostly a phycological thing. If you have something you really think gives good luck, of cource your confidence is boosted and you'll do things better. Same said if you have something that gives bad luck, you're be a lot less confident.

For a moment, I thought this was about the cereal. More seriously. I'm inclined to believe it's the Placebo Affect; I won't discount it out of hand, it just doesn't seem likely to me.

Yup placebo effect works foooor everyone not just the 'impressionable' kudos good topic

Just keep your hands off my "lucky balls" and lucky charms! What about the lucky cigarette? I never did get that when someone flips over a cigarette and saves it as the last one to smoke. When I used to smoke and was offered a smoke that was the first one I'd go for and inform them it is not really that lucky if all it means is that you have to go buy another pack now. It became even less lucky when you accidentally light the filter because you were distracted for a second.

Lighting the filter....ewww. I always hated that.

Ah, the power of suggestibility is a weird one, ain't it?

------------------ I agree, but if there really were such things as lucky charms, we'd all be millionaire lottery winners. ...And plummet us into the Second Great Depression.

poor experiment.did they consider ALL variables?no one knows who were the better golfers..a ball is a ball..the ball doesn't play golf the GOLFER plays golf with the golf ball.testing luck would be a LONG and i mean long experiment to do correctly...you would have to test consistantly with a charm and with out a charm for the same person for a very long time.even them one could claim it was a 50 /50 shot on most occassions

this is only in your mind if you really think you are lucky then you are going to be lucky if you think you are unlucky then you are going to have bad luck this actually looks like something i have seen before http://thesecret.tv/ the secret: believe in something and you will receive

Of course they work because we BELIEVE them to. Thoughts create our reality.