lawrence perlman resigned from the programme after just 10 months. i wondered what had been the outcome of the study. the years went by and i never heard of any reports. that was surprising, because this was such a unique study. i became an investigative reporter, essentially. and began to track down people who knew anything about the study. eventually, perlman would meet psychologist and twin specialist, segal, and together they would confront a 91—year—old neubauer at his office on madison avenue. nancy had asked, how they could justify separating these twins without informing the parents? and he defended the practice, saying that, again, it was viola bernard's idea.