Brainwashing is often viewed as a Cold War relic—think '60s films like "The Manchurian Candidate" and "The IPCRESS File." But Rebecca Lemov, professor of the history of science, argues in her recently ...

This post is Part 1 of a series on thought control. We are bombarded daily with others trying to influence our beliefs and behaviors. This could be your child trying to convince you that she can wear ...

From Communist reeducation camps to manipulative media algorithms, mind control is a real and often remarkably effective tool, contends historian Lemov (World as Laboratory) in this trenchant study.

(CNN) — Steven Hassan was a college junior in the mid-1970s when he was recruited into the Unification Church, a cult also known as the "Moonies." Hassan said he quickly came to believe that ...

Chase Hughes is a brainwashing and interrogation expert for the US Government, with 20 years of experience in military ...