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'''Brainwashing''' is an involuntary [[indoctrination]] technique, developed by the Communist Chinese during the [[Korean War]]{{fact}} and reputedly effective as a [[mind control]] technique. An investigation by the American Psychological Associations in the 1980s ended with the conclusion that "mind control" was not a scientifically viable theory.  

'''Brainwashing''' or "mind control" refers to any system of involuntary [[indoctrination]] technique.  The word was first used by CIA operative Edgar Hunter to describe "re-education" practices used on prisoners of war by the Communist Chinese during the [[Korean War]]]<ref>[http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/lsd/marks8.htm]</ref>.  Later scientific studies found that these practices had been ineffective [[mind control]] technique. An investigation by the American Psychological Associations in the 1980s ended with the conclusion that "mind control" was not a scientifically viable theory.  

==See also==

==References in popular culture==

*[[The Manchurian Candidate]] - POW programmed to commit murder on signal <ref>"The story was about a joint Soviet-Chinese plot to take an American soldier captured in Korea, condition him at a special brainwashing center located in [[Manchuria]], and create a remote-controlled assassin who was supposed to kill the President of the United States." [http://www.djmsp.com/feedingtrough/reading/The_Search_for_the_Manchurian_Candidate.pdf The Search for the Manchurian Candidate: The CIA and Mind Control], by John Marks </ref>

*[[The Manchurian Candidate]] - POW programmed to commit murder on signal <ref>"The story was about a joint Soviet-Chinese plot to take an American soldier captured in Korea, condition him at a special brainwashing center located in [[Manchuria]], and create a remote-controlled assassin who was supposed to kill the President of the United States." [http://www.djmsp.com/feedingtrough/reading/The_Search_for_the_Manchurian_Candidate.pdf The Search for the Manchurian Candidate: The CIA and Mind Control], by John Marks </ref>

*[[The Family Man]] - "Promise you won't kidnap me and my brother and plant stuff in our brains?" [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0218967/quotes]

*[[The Family Man]] - "Promise you won't kidnap me and my brother and plant stuff in our brains?" [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0218967/quotes]