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Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection

Deborah Blum

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#3078 of 3,809 books · #376 in Science & Technology

Shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology (2002).

Deborah Blum examines the history of love through the lens of its strangest unsung hero: a brilliant, fearless, alcoholic psychologist named Harry Frederick Harlow. Pursuing the idea that human affection could be understood, studied, even measured, Harlow (1905-1981) arrived at his conclusions by conducting research-sometimes beautiful, sometimes horrible-on the primates in his University of Wisconsin laboratory. Paradoxically, his darkest experiments may have the brightest legacy, for by studying "neglect" and its life-altering consequences, Harlow confirmed love's central role in shaping not only how we feel but also how we think.

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Psychology of love and attachmentPrimate researchHistory of psychology

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