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Cologne scientists, in a series of experiments, concluded that hand washing contributes to success. We usually wash our hands if stained them, before eating and after visiting the toilet. Psychologists from Cologne University believes that this process helps us increase self-confidence, for example, when performing various tasks.
Hand washing, the researchers say, is a kind of “flushing” unpleasant memories. At the same time, this procedure does not helps people make great efforts to solutions to his tasks.
Studies have shown that people wash their hands when no obvious need. This process may be psychological cleansing ritual. So, one of the experiments showed that by washing hands people get rid of doubts regarding his decisions. Another experiment demonstrated that the desire to wash hands arises in people with memories of immoral acts committed by them in the past. A which of us did not feel like washing our hands immediately after communication with an unpleasant person ?!
And now about whether it has any practical value the discovery of Cologne scientists, in other words, do you need to wash your hands, if ahead – a responsible event?
Of course, in certain cases, this procedure is capable of play a positive role. Suppose a person has to speak to an audience, or undergo an important interview, or pass the exam. He knows the “material” well, but in a natural way worried … There is something to help and basic washing of hands may come. However, if you, as they say, are “off topic”, then no matter how you washed hands, a good result is unlikely to achieve.
