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'''Brainwashing''' 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>.  An investigation by the American Psychological Associations in the 1980s ended with the conclusion that "mind control" was not a [[scientific]]ally viable theory.<ref>[http://www.cesnur.org/testi/molko_brief.htm]</ref>

'''Brainwashing''' is [[indoctrination]] using [[torture]], [[starvation]], sleep deprivation and so on to coerce captives to make propaganda statements.  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>.   

 

An investigation by the American Psychological Associations in the 1980s ended with the conclusion that "mind control" (as applied to [[religious conversion]] of volunteers) was not a [[scientific]]ally viable theory.<ref>[http://www.cesnur.org/testi/molko_brief.htm]</ref>

==References in popular culture==

==References in popular culture==