Superstitious beliefs and behaviors are not often considered to be particularly concerning aspects of human nature. Avoiding walking under ladders, fearing a broken mirror will lead to seven years of ...

. The superstition goes back centuries. It was mentioned as early as 1911 in an American psychology journal, showing that even modern science couldn’t ignore how deep this fear runs. The number 13 has ...

First, we knocked on wood. Then we asked a visual artist, a designer, a psychic medium, a makeup artist and a conductor to each reveal their biggest superstitions. Credit...Daniele Castellano ...

Broadly, superstition can be defined as the tendency of an individual to “persistently or repeatedly behave as if his [or her] subjective estimate of the result of that behavior is significantly ...