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 ...

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 ...

Managing stress, keeping a journal, mediating, and other strategies can help you change your mindset, making it easier to direct your thoughts in a certain direction. Share on Pinterest Mihajlo ...

When Sid Kouider showed up at Slush, the annual startup showcase in Helsinki, wearing an ascot cap and a device he claimed would usher in a new era of technological mind control, no one thought he was ...

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." ...

Adult fruit fly brain infected with Wolbachia (in green). (Image by Brandt Warecki) Some parasites can hijack the behavior of the animals they infect. Grasshoppers colonized by hairworms will jump ...