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Affectional Response inthe InfantMonkey

 21 August 1959, Volume 130, Number 3373 SCIENCE CURRENT PROBLEMS IN RESEARCH Orphanedbabymonkeysdevelopa strongandpersisterit attachment to inanimate surrogate mother S. In Harry F. Harlow and Robert R. Zimmerman Investigatorsfromdiversebehavioral thatmonkeyandchimpanmzeeinfantsde- fields have long recognized the strong velop strong ties to their mothers and attachmentoftheneonatalandinfantile thattheseaffectionalattaichmentsmay animaltoitsmother.Althoughthisaf- persistforyears.Itis,ofcourse,com- fectionalbehaviorhasbeencommonly monknowledgethathiumaninfants observed,thereis,outsidethefieldof formstrongandpersistenttiestotheir ethology,scantexperimentalevidence mothers. permittingidentificationofthefactors […]