Two new books use divergent styles to look at mind control, brainwashing and the outer limits of influence. By Leah Greenblatt Leah Greenblatt is an editor at The Times. THE INSTABILITY OF TRUTH: ...

Project Mind Control tells the lurid tale of the CIA's attempts to discover the scientific principles that would allow people to control subjects' thoughts and actions. The author, University of Texas ...

Brainwashing is often viewed as a Cold War relic—think '60s films like "The Manchurian Candidate" and "The IPCRESS File." But Rebecca Lemov, professor of the history of science, argues in her recently ...

There are many misconceptions about cults and its members. Below, I have identified 10 of the most common fallacies about mind control cults. Errant Belief #1: "There's No Such Thing as Mind Control." ...

Clarity over credentials shapes books that rethink human behaviour, emotion, and decision-making without academic distance or ...