Attachment styles modulate neural markers of threat and imagery when engaging in self-criticism.

ABSTRACT: Attachment styles hold important downstream consequences for mental health through their contribution to the emergence of self-criticism. To date, no work has extended our understanding of the influence of attachment styles on self-criticism at a neurobiological level. Herein we investigate the relationship between self-reported attachment styles and neural markers of self-criticism using fMRI. A correlation network analysis revealed lingual gyrus activation during self-criticism, a marker of visual mental imagery, correlated with amygdala activity (threat response). It also identified that secure attachment positively correlated with lingual gyrus activation, whilst avoidant attachment was negatively correlated with lingual gyrus activation. Further, at greater levels of amygdala response

SUBMITTER: Kim JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7426808 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature