Nature And Development Of Affection

Illustrates observations and experiments which analyze variable underlying primate affection. Depicts rhesus monkeys, separated from mothers at birth, raised with cloth and wire surrogate mothers. Shows infants tested for mother preference under a variety of conditions, concluding that contact comfort is the primary variable determining affection of the rhesus for its mother.

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