The cruel experiment that explains Punch the Monkey’s attachment to a plushie

A baby macaque monkey named Punch has gone viral for his heart-wrenching pursuit of companionship. After being abandoned by ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Why Has Punch, an Adorable Baby Monkey, Struggled to Fit in With His Troop? Scientists Explain the Lives of Japanese Macaques

Over the past few weeks, a baby macaque at Japan’s Ichikawa City Zoo named Punch has taken the internet by storm. Viral ...
Scientific American

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

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. A baby macaque monkey named Punch has gone viral for his heart-wrenching ...
Mena FN

A Viral Monkey, His Plushie, And A 70-Year-Old Experiment: What Punch Tells Us About Attachment Theory

(MENAFN- The Conversation) A baby macaque monkey named Punch has gone viral for his heart-wrenching pursuit of companionship. After being abandoned by his mother and rejected by the rest of his troop, ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs

A psychologist explains: What can Punch the monkey and his doll teach us?

Everyone has been talking this past week about the cute monkey who found comfort with another monkey doll. An experts explains why that is precisely where he finds his safe place. Almost everyone was ...

Punch the monkey reminds us 'we all need soft spaces'

There's surely a reason we all went briefly nuts about a lonely little snow monkey called Punch living in a Japanese zoo.