Harry Harlow: from the other side of the desk.

On the basis of her personal reminiscences the author provides a picture of Harry Harlow's personality. Harlow emerges as an unassuming and witty person.

The monkey as a psychological subject.

Many species in long-term captivity have tried to kill time by playing friendly games with their warders. In the end, only rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) could tolerate the tedious hide-and-seek games that their human jailers prefer to play. In this article, written many years before the Stockholm syndrome was first described, the author relates how it was eventually discovered which species is most willing to contribute to the development of a genuinely scientific human psychology.

Rigorous experiments on monkey love: an account of Harry F. Harlow's role in the history of attachment theory.

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.