Journal article
Adult attachment is related to maternal neural response to infant cues: an ERP study
Attachment & human development, Vol.25(1), pp.71-88
2023
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2021.1880057
PMID: 33522435
Abstract
Maternal attachment security is an important predictor of caregiving . However, little is known regarding the neurobiological mechanisms by which attachment influences processing of infant cues, a critical component of caregiving. We examined whether attachment security, measured by the Adult Attachment Interview, might relate to neural responses to infant cues using event-related potentials. Secure (n=35) and insecure (n=24) mothers viewed photographs of infant faces and heard recordings of infant vocalizations while electroencephalography was recorded. We examined initial processing of infant faces (N170) and cries (N100), and attentional allocation to infant faces and cries (P300). Secure mothers were significantly faster than insecure mothers to orient to infant cries (N100), structurally encode their own infant's face (N170), and attend to infant faces (P300). These differences may elucidate mechanisms underlying how attachment may shape neural processing of infant cues and highlight the use ofsocial neuroscientific approaches in examining clinically relevant aspects of attachment.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Adult attachment is related to maternal neural response to infant cues: an ERP study
- Creators
- Amanda F Lowell - Yale University School of MedicineJaclyn Dell - University of South Florida St PetersburgMarc N Potenza - The Connecticut Council on Problem GamblingLane Strathearn - University of Iowa Carver College of MedicineLinda C Mayes - Yale University School of MedicineHelena J. V Rutherford - Yale University School of Medicine
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Attachment & human development, Vol.25(1), pp.71-88
- DOI
- 10.1080/14616734.2021.1880057
- PMID
- 33522435
- NLM abbreviation
- Attach Hum Dev
- ISSN
- 1461-6734
- eISSN
- 1469-2988
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100000002, name: National Institutes of Health, award: R01 DA026437-08 and T32 DA019426; name: National Center for Responsible Gaming Center of Excellence
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 02/01/2021
- Date published
- 2023
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics; Neuroscience and Pharmacology
- Record Identifier
- 9984070569402771
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