Talk:Little Albert experiment

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Merritte grave marker[edit]

@Acroterion: Not sure of the relevance of the Merritte grave marker placement here in the article, as there is no proof that he was the experimental subject, and, indeed, Barger is the most likely candidate to having been Little Albert. Either way, it is highly speculative and should probably be removed per CRYSTAL. GenQuest ^{"Talk to Me"} 20:19, 21 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

ps: I have my trout ready. GenQuest ^{"Talk to Me"}

Merritte is mentioned in the discussion, with appropriate context. Perhaps a picture is more emphasis than is needed. A German user asked me to get the image, and I ran across it again when I was going through uploads. Feel free to remove it, I have no strong views either way. Acroterion (talk) 22:44, 21 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I think it best be removed for now. Thanks for the reply. GenQuest ^{"Talk to Me"} 10:51, 23 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Far out speculation[edit]

This is pretty far out (for various reasons), but because it is a talk page I think I can mention it here.

I wonder if there is any chance that, if the baby was Merritte, if the hydrocephalus was caused by these experiments?

I am not a doctor, and I read the article on hydrocephalus, and I see that (1) it is not only a birth defect (it can develop later in life), and (2) it is usually attributed to physical causes.

I recognize two (probably very slim) possibilities: (1) that the vibrations from the hammer striking that bar behind the baby were enough of a physical stimulus to cause the hydrocephalus, or (2) the emotional reaction to the stress caused physical reactions (which, as we know, stress does have physical manifestations), and either the emotion or the physical reactions caused the hydrocephalus.

Rhkramer (talk) 14:53, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]