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Punch the monkey and his plushie re-create a famous psychological experiment

Mar 3, 2026, 3:00 PM

出典: Scientific American

<p>Punch, a monkey that went viral after he was abandoned by his mother in a Japanese zoo, is reminiscent of a foundational attachment theory experiment</p>

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<p>Punch, a monkey that went viral after he was abandoned by his mother in a Japanese zoo, is reminiscent of a foundational attachment theory experiment</p>

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