Fallout season two kicked off with a bang… Literally, if you’re one of a few unlucky people who cross paths with Mr. House or Hank MacLean. But what is it that’s making people’s heads go bang? We have ...

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 ...

When I taught “Introduction to Psychology,” we covered four main goals of psychology: to describe, explain, predict, and control behavior (Coon, Mitterer, 2013). The idea of control is ultimately self ...

Elon Musk’s Neuralink may be the latest headline-grabber, but brain-to-computer interface (BCI) technology has been advancing for decades. Initially developed for therapeutic use, it is now poised to ...

If you're like most workers, your mind wanders 47% of the time in a workday, but there are tips to steer your stray mind back into the present and boost job performance. You’re the captain of your ...

A secret Central Intelligence Agency mind control program. National Security Agency spy operations aimed at Martin Luther King Jr. and Muhammad Ali. A federal manual for political assassinations. It's ...