I remember in my first year of college — majoring in psychology — there was a rumor that B.F. Skinner kept his daughter in a box, with levers for food and such, as an experiment in conditioned response. The rumor went on that she suffered as a result, grew up and sued him. Apparently, this widespread rumor was complete baloney, according to this page at Snopes.com. The rumors of the daughter’s suicide, she says, were also exaggerated. Now you know.