title: Rigorous experiments on monkey love: an account of Harry F. Harlow's role in the history of attachment theory.
abstract: On the basis of personal reminiscences an account is given of Harlow's role in the development of attachment theory and key notions of attachment theory are being discussed. Among other things, it is related how Harlow arrived at his famous research with rhesus monkeys and how this made Harlow a highly relevant figure for attachment theorist Bowlby.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Comparative Ethology, National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, Bethesda, MD, USA. fhorst@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Suomi
authors.forename: Frank C P
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: van der Horst
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: van der Veer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008253:Macaca mulatta / Q000523:psychology*; D009769:Object Attachment; D011582:Psychological Theory; D002666:Psychology, Child / Q000266:history*; D011589:Psychology, Experimental / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States