2025
Attachment as Prediction: Insights From Cognitive and Developmental Neuroscience
Tottenham N, Vannucci A. Attachment as Prediction: Insights From Cognitive and Developmental Neuroscience. Current Directions In Psychological Science 2025, 34: 195-206. DOI: 10.1177/09637214251313714.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEarly caregiving experiencesAttachment schemasEmotion regulationMidline cortical regionsCaregiving experienceNeurodevelopmental frameworkDevelopmental neuroscienceEmotional Well-BeingFunctional connectivityNeural circuitryCortical regionsNeural predictionPredictive inferenceWell-beingMemoryEmpirical findingsNeurobiologyCognitionSchemaAttachmentEmotionsNeuroscienceCircuitry
2024
Associations Between Attachment and Depressive Symptoms Among Older Adults Living With Early-Stage Cognitive Impairment and Their Adult Children
Monin J, Shah M, Chang W, Feeney B, Birditt K, Gaugler J, Vranceanu A, Marottoli R. Associations Between Attachment and Depressive Symptoms Among Older Adults Living With Early-Stage Cognitive Impairment and Their Adult Children. The Journals Of Gerontology Series B 2024, 79: gbae137. PMID: 39129484, PMCID: PMC11407828, DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbae137.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociated with greater depressive symptomsGreater depressive symptomsDepressive symptomsAttachment anxietyActor effectsActor Partner Interdependence ModelRomantic attachment anxietyOlder adultsParent-child dyadsEarly-stage cognitive impairmentRomantic avoidanceAttachment schemasEarly-stage dementiaAttachment variablesAttachment theoryRomantic anxietyInterdependence modelPsychosocial interventionsGeneral avoidanceDyad membersAnxietyCognitive impairmentAdult childrenSelf-ReportParent-ChildProbing the content of affective semantic memory following caregiving‐related early adversity
Vannucci A, Fields A, Bloom P, Camacho N, Choy T, Durazi A, Hadis S, Harmon C, Heleniak C, VanTieghem M, Dozier M, Milham M, Ghetti S, Tottenham N. Probing the content of affective semantic memory following caregiving‐related early adversity. Developmental Science 2024, 27: e13518. PMID: 38664866, PMCID: PMC11489028, DOI: 10.1111/desc.13518.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSemantic memoryAttachment securityParent-child interactionsCaregiving adversityEarly adversityAttachment experiencesCognitive neuroscience frameworkFalse memory taskEarly caregiving adversityInternal working modelsMemory taskAttachment schemasNeuroscience frameworkFalse recognitionPreregistered studyBowlby's notionChild reportsSchema representationPotential malleabilityAdverse exposuresSchema knowledgeCognitive scienceParental-reportMemoryAdversity
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