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<p>Dionysus: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Brainwashing''' refers to any system of involuntary [[indoctrination]] technique. The word was first used by CIA operative Edgar Hunter to describe &quot;[[re-education]]&quot; practices used on prisoners of war by the Communist Chinese during the [[Korean War]]&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/lsd/marks8.htm]&lt;/ref&gt;. An investigation by the American Psychological Associations in the 1980s ended with the conclusion that &quot;mind control&quot; was not a [[scientific]]ally viable theory.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.cesnur.org/testi/molko_brief.htm]&lt;/ref&gt; This site is the best example of brainwashing.<br /> <br /> ==References in popular culture==<br /> *[[The Manchurian Candidate]] - POW programmed to commit murder on signal &lt;ref&gt;&quot;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.&quot; [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 &lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[The Family Man]] - &quot;Promise you won't kidnap me and my brother and plant stuff in our brains?&quot; [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0218967/quotes]<br /> <br /> ==External Links==<br /> <br /> *[http://people.howstuffworks.com/brainwashing1.htm How Brainwashing Works] by Julia Layton<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> [[category:psychology]]</div>

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