Brainwashing is an indoctrination that forces people to abandon their beliefs in favor of another set of beliefs. Usually associated with military and political interrogation and religious conversion, brainwashing attempts, through prolonged stress, to break down an individual's physical and mental defenses. Brainwashing techniques range from vocal persuasion and threats to punishment, physical deprivation, mind-altering drugs, and severe physical torture. Synonyms : Mind changing – Mind control – Thought control – Indoctrination – Deprogramming
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- Resource Center for Freedom of Mind Helping victims of mind control. Resources that explain mind control and destructive cults from Steven Hassan, author of "Combatting Cult Mind Control".
- Brainwashing and Mind Control Controversies Large collection of documents from the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), including APA memoranda relating to brainwashing. Some articles in French, German or Italian.
- The Battle for Your Mind - Persuasion and Brainwashing Techniques Being Used on the Public Today Documents common brainwashing techniques used, subliminal programming, and deprogramming. Uses fundamentalist preachers as a case example.
- Mind Control or Brainwashing Article over the phenomenon, from the Skeptic's Dictionary (A collection of strange beliefs, amusing deceptions, and dangerous delusions and how to think critically about them).
- Brainwashing and Mind Control in Religious Cults and Elsewhere Resources about brainwashing, ordered by types of sources.
- Mind Control Article from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Deprogramming Article from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Brainwashing Article from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Changing Minds: Brainwashing Describes concisely the techniques used to brainwash people.
- Mind Control and Brainwashing of Children Describes the steps by which children can be brainwashed.