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Scientist Develop Effective Brainwashing

posted by martyb on Friday May 29 2015, @11:16PM   
from the bias-removal-or-indoctrination? dept.

An Anonymous Coward wrote in with the news that a Sleep study raises hope for clinical treatment of racism, sexism and other biases

When the desired behavior is performed, a sound is played. When the test subjects reach deep sleep, that same sound is played repeatedly. Subjects were then more likely to perform the desired behavior.

The article, "Unlearning implicit social biases during sleep" appears in the journal Science; an abstract and full report are available.

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• Re:SJW heaven (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Saturday May 30 2015, @09:09AM

  by FatPhil (863) <reversethis-{if.fdsa} {ta} {tnelyos-cp}> on Saturday May 30 2015, @09:09AM (#190039) Homepage

  There was a case a couple of decades ago in the UK of a guilt-wracked paedophile who *asked* the court to chemically castrate him, as after medical consultations and investigating the literature, he was sure it would abate his urges, which he knew were wrong. The court refused, and threw him in clink instead - prefering to punish than cure. I wouldn't expect any more sane decisions if this new technique became available.
  
  However, as this is a psych paper, it's probably bunkum anyway! (CI narrow, p<0.05)

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