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Love At Goon Park : Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection (Science Matters)
Love At Goon Park Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection - Science Matters Author:Deborah Blum We take it for granted today that babies need love. But less than a century ago, psychologists warned women against showing their children "too much affection"-predicting dire consequences ranging from deadly disease to sexual dysfunction in adulthood. The story of how this conventional wisdom was finally shattered takes us into the life and the... more » laboratory of Harry Harlow-workaholic, alcoholic, brilliant and brave, capable of caustic wit and cruelty-and into an era in which the scientific establishment was just beginning to understand the power of human emotion.« less