BTZ42: Albert's Mother in a fur boa?

[Smoke Teff]

"Back around 1920, Dr. LaszloJamf opined that if Watson and Rayner could
successfully condition their 'Infant Albert' into a reflex horror of
everything furry, even of his own Mother in a fur boa[...]"

>From what I've read online, sounds like this is embellishment on Pynchon's
part--I read that Watson/Raynor did condition Albert "into a reflex horror"
of his mother's fur, but not exactly of *her in it*. Anybody know anything
to the contrary?

I will say that something about the original phrasing--maybe also the
capitalization?--makes me think of the Ouroboros, and then of course Kekulé
(whose alleged dream of the Ouroboros reveals the structure of benzene)
gets mentioned just a few lines later on this page.
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