Recent calls to deprogram QAnon conspiracy followers are steeped in discredited notions about brainwashing. As popularly imagined, brainwashing is a coercive procedure that programs new long-term ...

According to Target Market News, author Tom Burrell has launched an online quiz entitled, “Are You Brainwashed?” Burrell launched a “deprogramming movement” with his best-selling book, “Brainwashed: ...

Brainwashing doesn’t always look dramatic; it often employs subtle tactics to bypass critical thinking and reshape beliefs and identities. Indeed, various models have been proposed over the years to ...