When social psychologist Brad Bushman handed out voodoo dolls to 107 married couples, he knew those dolls were in for a lot of stabbing. Each married person who volunteered for his study got a doll ...

If you can’t beat ’em, hex ’em. The Mexico City-based sports newspaper Record has offered fans of the Mexican National Team a coupon to be redeemed at Radio Shack for a voodoo doll. The doll looks ...

Two days after putting a legal end to 20 years of faithful marriage, Stacey Carkhuff decided to celebrate. At her stepmother’s house in Kansas City, Mo., her friends welcomed her with a surprise. They ...

What can voodoo dolls tell us about the public’s distrust of, and aggression toward, scientists? A new paper has attempted to find out. The paper, which examined about 750 responses across two ...