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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''' 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> This site is the best example of brainwashing. |
==References in popular culture== | ==References in popular culture== | ||
Revision as of 19:35, December 30, 2007
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[1]. An investigation by the American Psychological Associations in the 1980s ended with the conclusion that "mind control" was not a scientifically viable theory.[2] This site is the best example of brainwashing.
References in popular culture
- The Manchurian Candidate - POW programmed to commit murder on signal [3]
- The Family Man - "Promise you won't kidnap me and my brother and plant stuff in our brains?" [3]
External Links
- How Brainwashing Works by Julia Layton
Notes
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ "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." The Search for the Manchurian Candidate: The CIA and Mind Control, by John Marks