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Brainwashing [a] is the controversial idea that the human mind can be altered or controlled against a person's will by manipulative psychological techniques. [1] Brainwashing is said to reduce its subject's ability to think critically or independently, to allow the introduction of new, unwanted thoughts and ideas into their minds, [2] as well as to change their attitudes, values, and beliefs.
Taylor writes that brainwashing involves a more intense version of the way the brain traditionally learns. [7] In the final portion of the book, Part III: "Freedom and Control", Taylor describes an individual's susceptibility to brainwashing and lays out an acronym "FACET", a tool to combat influence and a totalist mindset. [1]
Deprogramming is a controversial tactic that seeks to dissuade someone from "strongly held convictions" [1] such as religious beliefs. Deprogramming purports to assist a person who holds a particular belief system—of a kind considered harmful by those initiating the deprogramming—to change those beliefs and sever connections to the group associated with them.
Memory erasure has been shown to be possible in some experimental conditions; some of the techniques currently being investigated are: drug-induced amnesia, selective memory suppression, destruction of neurons, interruption of memory, reconsolidation, [1] and the disruption of specific molecular mechanisms.
Brainwashing, the concept that the human mind can be altered or controlled by certain psychological techniques; Brain–computer interface; Hypnosis; Neuroprosthetics, the technology of controlling robotics with neural impulses; Psychological manipulation
Speaking to Bored Panda, Jenna exclusively shared other brainwashing techniques used by Scientology, in addition to speaking about her personal life in the aftermath of leaving the organization.
During a podcast interview on the war between Israel and Hamas, actor Julianna Margulies asserted that Black people should be completely supporting Israel but have been “brainwashed to hate Jews.”
Indoctrination is the process of inculcating (teaching by repeated instruction) a person or people into an ideology, often avoiding critical analysis. [1] [page needed] It can refer to a general process of socialization. [2] The term often implies forms of brainwashing or disagreeable forms of socialization. [2]