Effects of Adult Attachment and Emotional Distractors on Brain Mechanisms of Cognitive Control.

A study examined effects of adult attachment on neural circuitry associated with top-down cognitive control in the presence of emotional distracters. Data were obtained from 34 participants who completed an emotion-word Stroop task while brain imaging was conducted. Findings indicated that partici...

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Published in:Psychological Science. Vol. 21; no. 12; pp. 1818 - 1827
Main Authors: Warren, Stacie L., Bost, Kelly K., Roisman, Glenn I., Silton, Rebecca Levin, Spielberg, Jeffrey M., Engels, Anna S., Choi, Eunsil, Sutton, Bradley P., Miller, Gregory A., Heller, Wendy
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Published: HWW Temp December 2010
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          Warren, Stacie L.
          Bost, Kelly K.
          Roisman, Glenn I.
          Silton, Rebecca Levin
          Spielberg, Jeffrey M.
          Engels, Anna S.
          Choi, Eunsil
          Sutton, Bradley P.
          Miller, Gregory A.
          Heller, Wendy
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        Cognition
        Interpersonal relations
        Emotions
        Brain function localization
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          Cognition
          Interpersonal relations
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      ab: A study examined effects of adult attachment on neural circuitry associated with top-down cognitive control in the presence of emotional distracters. Data were obtained from 34 participants who completed an emotion-word Stroop task while brain imaging was conducted. Findings indicated that participants with lower levels of secure-base-script knowledge reflected an adult's failure to generate narratives in which attachment-related threats are identified. Findings suggested that poor performance and related increased brain activity imply that insecure attachment involves susceptibility to distraction by attachment-relevant emotional information. Findings are discussed in detail.
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