ct that. these are also mostly american breakfast foods. background: harry harlow, a developmental psychologist in the mid-20th century, had a (highly unethical) study on the "nature of love". it proved that children cannot survive on food alone, but need physical affection and comfort. he did so by isolating baby rhesus monkeys with a "cloth mother", a fake mother wrapped in cloth, and a "wire mother", simply the wire frame with a milk bottle attached. they overwhelmingly chose the cloth mother. from tumblr user @ohgodohfuckidontknow