Was Harlow’s Pit of Despair a scientific breakthrough or psychological torture? His infamous experiments involved placing ...

A psychologist named Harry Harlow became one of the first to scientifically investigate the nature of human love and affection. Through a series of controversial monkey mother experiments ...

Starting in 1957, Harlow worked with rhesus monkeys, which are more mature at birth than humans, but like human babies show a range of emotions and need to be nursed. He took infant monkeys away ...