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Author Taylor, Kathleen E. (Kathleen Eleanor), author.

Title Brainwashing : the science of thought control / Kathleen Taylor
Edition Second edition
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource
Series Oxford landmark science
Oxford landmark science.
Contents The birth of a word -- God or the group? -- The power of persuasion -- Hoping to heal -- 'I suggest, you persuade, he brainwashes' -- Brainwashing and influence -- Our ever-changing brains -- Webs and new worlds -- Swept away -- The power of stop-and-think -- That freedom thing -- Victims and predators -- Mind factories -- Science and Nightmare -- Taking a stand
Summary Many aspects of society today, including the power of the media, the practice of psychotherapy, and acts of terrorism, have been associated with forms of brainwashing. This book combines the findings from the previously mutually exclusive doctrines of social psychology and neuroscience
Notes Originally published: 2004
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Brainwashing.
Brain -- Localization of functions.
Neurosciences.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Psychology.
SCIENCE -- Cognitive Science.
Brain -- Localization of functions
Brainwashing
Neurosciences
Form Electronic book
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