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  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology
  • Attachment Theory

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  • Attachment patterns shape internal working models, influencing thoughts, feelings, and actions.
  • Attachment-related speech may activate cognitive-emotional schemas in listeners.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the neural effects of insecure-dismissing attachment narratives on brain activity.
  • To examine how attachment style and childhood trauma influence brain state changes.
  • To determine if baseline network states predict subjective responses to attachment narratives.

Main Methods:

  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) experiment using 7 Tesla.
  • Auditory presentation of attachment narratives to 23 healthy males.
  • Seed-based functional connectivity (FC) analyses to assess brain network changes.

Main Results:

  • Exposure to insecure-dismissing narratives increased functional connectivity (FC) in the social aversion network (dorsal anterior cingulated cortex, anterior middle temporal gyrus).
  • Increased dACC-seeded FC correlated with avoidant attachment and childhood trauma.
  • Anxious attachment correlated with decreased network segregation, linking dACC to dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.

Conclusions:

  • Insecure-dismissing attachment narratives activate social aversion networks.
  • Individual differences in attachment and trauma history modulate neural responses.
  • Baseline brain network states can predict subjective experiences, highlighting the interplay between neural activity and social reactivity.