Martin Lindstrom looks into the psychology behind elevators, and why we can't resist pushing the button repeatedly, even though we know it's not going to go any faster.

It's hard to verify whether “self-cleaning” elevator buttons really work, but scientists say it would be difficult to catch the virus from such surfaces anyway.

Perhaps no button on Earth is mashed as furiously as the “door close” button in an elevator. But does it work?

NEW YORK (CBS) – Pushing that "door close" button won't make your next elevator trip any faster. The head of the National Elevator Industry, Karen Penafiel, confirmed to The New York Times in a ...

An curved arrow pointing right. For years people have speculated that the DOOR CLOSE buttons in elevators are non-functioning and simply serve a psychological purpose. Whether that's true is still ...

An elderly man who died in a parking garage elevator pushed the emergency button twice during an 8-minute span on July 6, but got no response despite Denver code requiring elevator operators to ...

The New York Times is letting us in on a little secret, the close door button in an elevator doesn't work. Patrick Jones (@Patrick_E_Jones) explains.

The New York Times is letting us in on a little secret, the close door button in an elevator doesn't work. Patrick Jones (@Patrick_E_Jones) explains.

It's hard to verify whether “self-cleaning” elevator buttons really work, but scientists say it would be difficult to catch the virus from such surfaces anyway.

It's hard to verify whether “self-cleaning” elevator buttons really work, but scientists say it would be difficult to catch the virus from such surfaces anyway.