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How Harry Harlow's Research on Love Shaped How We Treat Children Today
In his controversial research, Harry Harlow demonstrated the powerful effects of love. Learn about his monkey mother experiment and the impact it had on psychology.
As a therapist who specialized in attachment and premature maternal separation this study was the foundation of my approach in my therapy. It was a ground breaking study because it refuted the belief that a baby is only attached to the mother for food and substanence. That the infant brain was incapable of an emotional bond. Any woman who has given birth knows this is a pile of garbage. Men dominated psychology and Freud was still a powerful influence. Harlow proved them all wrong.