Trouble me not

October 6, 2011

(Oh, alright, so I haven’t come back in full force — sorry for not posting daily this week; this jetlag is still affecting me…but here’s a post if that’s any consolation!)

You know that song that goes “I’m gonna wash that man right outta my hair…”? Well, it can actually work, based on this article I just read.

It seems that you can wash your troubles away. Cleaning gives us a sense of getting rid of lucky or unlucky feelings, doubt or a sense of immorality. One study showed that people felt less guilty of an immoral act they’d committed after using an antiseptic hand wipe. Another study found people sitting in a stinky room judged the immoral act of others more harshly.

Another study found that washing hands after losing in gambling gave one a sense of washing the bad streak away, which brought them right back to gambling–at even higher stakes.

(Good to know — I’ll keep this in mind when I’m in Vegas next week; don’t wanna lose every red cent I own!)

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