Monthly Archives: May 2022

Headed by Sidney Gottlieb, the MKUltra project was started on the order of CIA director Allen Welsh Dulles on April 13, 1953. Its aim was to develop mind-controlling drugs for use against the Soviet bloc, largely in response to alleged … Continue reading →

The Milgram experiment on obedience to authority figures was a series of social psychology experiments conducted by Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram. They measured the willingness of study participants, men from a diverse range of occupations with varying levels of … Continue reading →

The Stanford prison experiment (SPE) was a study of the the psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or prison guard. The experiment was conducted at Stanford University in 1971, by a team of researchers led by psychology professor Philip Zimbardo … Continue reading →