Since the word brainwashing came into use after the Korean War, the term has become part of popular culture, the subject of jokes and sensationalist headlines, yet the true nature of this sinister phenomenon remains poorly understood. In Brainwashing, author Kathleen Taylor reveals the science behind this practice. She brings together the latest findings in psychology and neuroscience to explore what really happens when our minds are altered by forces outside our control. Combining surprising scientific explanations with exciting case studies, she delves into... She researches the history of thought control and its laws, and shows how it exists around us in multiple forms, starting with television and ending with politics and education. This book subjects the mind again to a process of brainwashing, and explains the connection of this strange phenomenon to the twenty-first century.