brainwashing

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Jen Senko is the director of the documentary "The Brainwashing of My Dad."

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2023

Brainwashing or not, the effect “is ingenious,” says Melanie English, a licensed clinical psychologist in Seattle.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2023

“Now I’ve found grounds for my faith: Brainwashing can succeed, but ultimately its success has its limits.”

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2022

Brainwashing, which entered the lexicon in 1951, became a national obsession after the Army issued a 1955 report on the manipulation of American prisoners of war in Korea.

From US News • Jul. 8, 2014

Yet despite the provocative title of his self-published 2002 collection of poems, The Era of Brainwashing, his work went mostly unnoticed.

From Time Magazine Archive