Neuroscience of Human AttachmentAnna Buchheim , Carol George, Harald Gündel, Roberto Viviani Frontiers Media SA, Aug 15, 2017 - 214 pages Attachment is a biologically emotion regulation based system guiding cognitive and emotional processes with respect to intimate and significant relationships. Secure relationships promote infants’ exploration of the world and expand their mastery of the environment. Adverse attachment experiences like, maltreatment, loss, and separation have long been known to have enduring unfavorable effects on human mental health. Research on the neurobiological basis of attachment started with animal studies focusing on emotional deprivation and its behavioral, molecular and endocrine consequences. The present book presents an interdisciplinary synthesis of existing knowledge and new perspectives on the human neuroscience of attachment, showing the tremendous development of this field. The following chapters include innovative studies that are representative of the broad spectrum of current approaches. These involve both differing neurobiological types of substrates using measures like fMRI, EEG, psychophysiology, endocrine parameters, and genetic polymorphisms, as well as psychometric approaches to classify attachment patterns in individuals. The findings we have acquired in the meanwhile on the neural substrates of attachment in healthy subjects lay the foundation of studies with clinical groups. The final section of the book addresses evidence on changes in the functioning of these neural substrates in psychopathology. |
Contents
Neuroscience of Human Attachment | 6 |
Effects of Experienced Love Withdrawal but No Effects of Neutral and Threatening Priming | 9 |
Neural Correlates of the Appraisal of Attachment Scenes in Healthy Controls and Social CognitionAn fMRI Study | 23 |
Posterior Superior Temporal Sulcus Responses Predict Perceived Pleasantness of Skin Stroking | 32 |
a review | 39 |
The Development of a Measure for Neurophysiological Settings | 55 |
Attachment Representations and Brain Asymmetry during the Processing of Autobiographical Emotional Memories in Late Adolescence | 72 |
Attachment Representation Moderates the Influence of Emotional Context on Information Processing | 85 |
Comparison of Brain Activity Correlating with SelfReport versus Narrative Attachment Measures during Conscious Appraisal of an Attachment Figure | 111 |
Emotional Availability Modulates Electrophysiological Correlates of Executive Functions in Preschool Children | 129 |
Effects of Gene 4 Attachment Interaction on Adolescents Emotion Regulation and Aggressive Hostile Behavior Towards their Mothers during a Co... | 146 |
Effects of the Adult Attachment Projective Picture System on Oxytocin and Cortisol Blood Levels in Mothers | 155 |
An fMRI Study | 167 |
Lower Oxytocin Plasma Levels in Borderline Patients with Unresolved Attachment Representations | 180 |
Attachment Neurobiology and Mentalizing along the Psychosis Continuum | 191 |
Back cover | 213 |
Dismissing Attachment Characteristics Dynamically Modulate Brain Networks Subserving Social Aversion | 97 |
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