The nature of love… in monkeys (Harlow’s Monkey Study)

What is the nature of love? How does love develop between an infant and a caregiver? Psych PhD Chris Cole and cohost Joseph Tajaran discuss Harlow’s Monkey Experiment (1958). Harlow tested monkeys on cloth and wire mothers to examine what are the precise ingredients needed for a loving infant-caregiver bond to form. And what is thei r relative importance?
Follow-Up Research: Which species of monkey is most likely to do hard drugs? Most likely to be a flat-earther? We paid over 300 people to answer these questions. Yes, we know this follow-up research was a bit... different. Sometimes it’s hard for Chris to come up with research topics, but we end up with something way more fun :)
Chris is an idiot and when he created the research presentation, he mixed up the labels for rhesus macaque and baboons. So anytime you hear him say rhesus macaque, he should've actually been saying baboon, and vice versa. The survey respondents only rated the monkeys based on photos so it doesn't affect data quality. Chris will be punished by his wire daddy accordingly.

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