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  • Psychology
  • Attachment Theory

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  • Attachment experiences significantly shape emotional and cognitive development.
  • Attachment-dependent narratives may influence listeners' cognitive-emotional schemata.
  • Understanding the neural basis of these narrative effects is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effects of prototypical attachment narratives on wellbeing and countertransference.
  • To explore the neural correlates of cognitive-emotional schema activation using functional connectivity (FC).
  • To examine how individual attachment anxiety modulates neural responses.

Main Methods:

  • 149 healthy participants listened to attachment narratives; 23 underwent 7 Tesla fMRI.
  • Functional connectivity (FC) analysis of the social approach network (seed: Caudate Nucleus, CN) was performed.
  • Rest-task-rest fMRI design examined changes in FC post-narrative exposure.

Main Results:

  • Reduced FC between left CN and bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) observed after auditory stimulation.
  • Insecure-dismissing narratives decreased FC between left CN and temporo-parietal junction/posterior cingulum.
  • Attachment anxiety moderated CN-DLPFC FC, correlating with individual neediness.

Conclusions:

  • Attachment-specific speech patterns induce prolonged mood changes and schema activation with distinct neural signatures.
  • The social approach network, particularly CN-DLPFC connectivity, is sensitive to attachment narrative content.
  • Individual attachment anxiety influences interpersonal proximity desires and modulates neural responses to attachment narratives.