2024
Childhood maltreatment is associated with lower exploration and disrupted prefrontal activity and connectivity during reward learning in volatile environments
Armbruster‐Genç D, Neil L, Valton V, Phillips H, Rankin G, Sharp M, Rapley J, Viding E, Roiser J, McCrory E. Childhood maltreatment is associated with lower exploration and disrupted prefrontal activity and connectivity during reward learning in volatile environments. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2024 PMID: 39665511, DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.14095.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFunctional magnetic resonance imagingReward learningOrbitofrontal cortexChildhood maltreatmentProbabilistic reinforcement learning taskDocumented history of maltreatmentAtypical reward processingOrbitofrontal cortex connectivityNon-maltreated individualsLower exploratory behaviorMid-cingulate cortexDisrupt neural processingHistory of maltreatmentImpact of maltreatmentReinforcement learning taskPrefrontal activationReward processingReward contingenciesNeural indicesOutcome deliveryNeural signalsLatent vulnerabilityBehavioral measuresInternalising symptomsOutcome processingCausal and common risk pathways linking childhood maltreatment to later intimate partner violence victimization
Pezzoli P, Pingault J, Eley T, McCrory E, Viding E. Causal and common risk pathways linking childhood maltreatment to later intimate partner violence victimization. Molecular Psychiatry 2024, 1-11. PMID: 39488656, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-024-02813-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntimate partner violence victimizationIntimate partner violenceChildhood maltreatmentTwins Early Development StudyPartner violence victimizationSmall-to-moderate rangeNonshared environmental influencesEnvironmental influencesEarly Development StudyPsychiatric risk factorsEffects of maltreatmentRetrospective self-reportsRetrospective self-reports of maltreatmentIndividual-level riskPartner violenceViolence victimizationDevelopment studiesMaltreatmentVictimsIntimate relationshipsGenetic influencesCo-twinQuantitative genetic methodsRisk pathwaysModerating effectHeightened response to positive facial cues as a potential marker of resilience following childhood adversity
Gerin M, Viding E, Neil L, Armbruster-Genc D, Freeman Z, Sharp M, Phillips H, McCrory E. Heightened response to positive facial cues as a potential marker of resilience following childhood adversity. European Journal Of Psychotraumatology 2024, 15: 2309783. PMID: 38318813, PMCID: PMC10849006, DOI: 10.1080/20008066.2024.2309783.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFacial cuesMaltreatment experiencesPresence of social supportSocial supportLow symptomsAssociated with lower symptomsThreat-related cuesPositive social cuesIncreased psychiatric riskPerceived emotional intensityMarkers of resilienceChildhood maltreatment experiencesNo group differencesMental health symptomsLevels of social supportPerceived social supportAssociated with better mental healthMental health vulnerabilitiesMental health outcomesBetter mental healthExperiences of abusePerceived intensityHappy facesChildhood maltreatmentImplicit processes
2023
A systematic review of childhood maltreatment and resting state functional connectivity
Gerin M, Viding E, Herringa R, Russell J, McCrory E. A systematic review of childhood maltreatment and resting state functional connectivity. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2023, 64: 101322. PMID: 37952287, PMCID: PMC10665826, DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2023.101322.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResting-state functional connectivityAnterior cingulate cortexFunctional connectivityCingulate cortexChildhood maltreatmentAltered functional connectivityState functional connectivityDorsal anterior cingulate cortexNegative psychiatric outcomesVentral anterior cingulate cortexDorsolateral prefrontal cortexRsFC alterationsAltered connectivityInclusion criteriaAmygdala connectivityNineteen studiesPsychiatric outcomesFuture symptomsSystematic reviewBrain regionsClinical disordersBrain circuitsAnterior insulaPrefrontal cortexMaltreatment exposure