What things may seem superstitious, but actually have some scientific basis?

I still remember that when I was a child, my parents would not let me go out late at night. It would be difficult to find my way home if I encountered a "ghost punching the wall". At that time, I thought it was very superstitious, but now I find that it actually has scientific basis. When it comes to superstition, many people will immediately think of things about ghosts and gods, and "Ghosts Breaking the Wall" is what everyone is curious about. If you walk out of the same place in the morning, you will feel that the road is particularly long at night. Especially why is it so difficult to get out of the forest at night? Are ghosts really trapping us? No, in fact, these can all be explained by science.

1. When human beings lose their way, they will always have the subconscious tendency to "bias to the right". When they spontaneously combust in the lost forest and cannot get out, they feel that they are "ghosts hitting the wall"

Why do humans It is easy to encounter "ghosts hitting the wall" in the forest? Perhaps superstitious people will interpret it as: the forest is more dark and full of ghosts. In fact, the difficulty in getting out of the forest at night is not necessarily a problem of ghosts, but a habit of people. When a person loses direction, the brain will produce a consciousness of "walking to the right/left". When we feel that we are walking in a straight line, our body will actually walk at a turning angle, which makes it look like we are being walked. ?Ghost hits the wall? Ordinary turning in circles is actually a subconscious direction problem of human beings themselves.

2. When you meet someone on the same street at night? Ghost punching the wall? In fact, the dark environment creates a wrong subconscious, making people feel that the road is really long

So on the same street Why does a straight road feel so long when passing by it at night? This is a subconscious problem. When we suddenly develop a subconscious fear on the road, we will deliberately pay attention to the things around us and develop a fearful mentality, making us feel that our legs are heavy and that we have walked for a long time; maybe we just After walking for 3 minutes, it felt like I had walked for 10 minutes, and I felt like I had encountered a "ghost hitting a wall".

? Ghost hits the wall? Although it seems superstitious, in fact it is mostly caused by people's subconscious mind.