The effects of 6 months of total social isolation were so d… - Harry Harlow

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The effects of 6 months of total social isolation were so devastating and debilitating that we had assumed initially that 12 months of isolation would not produce any additional decrement. This assumption proved to be false; 12 months of isolation almost obliterated the animals socially.

Harry Harlow

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Harry Frederick Harlow (October 31, 1905 – December 6, 1981) was an American psychologist best known for his maternal-separation, dependency needs, and social isolation experiments on rhesus monkeys, which manifested the importance of caregiving and companionship in social and cognitive development.

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Birth Name: Harry Frederick Harlow

Alternative Names: Harry F. Harlow • H. F. Harlow

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