This program was originally broadcast on July 15, 2003.
Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection
In an unknown and dilapidated laboratory on the University of Wisconsin campus in the 1950s and 1960s, a brilliant, alcoholic, work-obsessed psychologist conducted research on love, a pursuit that was previously ignored and considered unworthy of scientific study. âLove at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection,â written by journalist Deborah Blum, is the story of how Professor Harry Harlow, one of the most important and controversial psychologists of the 20th century, altered our understanding of love.
Deborah Blum recommends âThe Life of Pi,â by Yan Martel.
Barry Vogel, Esq. is the host and producer. Ignacio Ayala is the assistant producer.
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Deborah Blumâ "The Science of Affection"
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