Mind control is a general term for a [[number]] of [[controversial]] theories proposing that an [[individual]]'s [[thinking]], [[behavior]], [[emotions]] or [[decisions]] can, to a greater or lesser extent, be [[manipulated]] at will by outside [[sources]]. According to sociologist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_T._Richardson James T. Richardson], some of the [[concepts]] of brainwashing have spread to other fields and are applied "with some success" in [[contexts]] unrelated to the earlier [[cult]] controversies, such as custody battles and child [[sexual]] [[abuse]] cases, "where one [[parent]] is accused of brainwashing the [[child]] to reject the other parent, and in child sex abuse cases where one parent is accused of brainwashing the child to make sex abuse accusations against the other parent". | Mind control is a general term for a [[number]] of [[controversial]] theories proposing that an [[individual]]'s [[thinking]], [[behavior]], [[emotions]] or [[decisions]] can, to a greater or lesser extent, be [[manipulated]] at will by outside [[sources]]. According to sociologist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_T._Richardson James T. Richardson], some of the [[concepts]] of brainwashing have spread to other fields and are applied "with some success" in [[contexts]] unrelated to the earlier [[cult]] controversies, such as custody battles and child [[sexual]] [[abuse]] cases, "where one [[parent]] is accused of brainwashing the [[child]] to reject the other parent, and in child sex abuse cases where one parent is accused of brainwashing the child to make sex abuse accusations against the other parent". |