ABSTRACT
In his 1958 Presidential Address to the American Psychological Association, Harry Harlow noted that the mission of psychologists is to analyze all facets of human behavior and, in his view, we had thus far failed in our mission by neglecting love and affection. Indeed, compared to other aspects of human behavior, it took the field a long time to begin investigating these topics. Nearly 50 years later, one can only imagine Harlow's delight in knowing that there is now an international network of scholars whose research efforts are devoted entirely to the study of close relationships.
