Norman, L., Lawrence, N., Iles, A., Benattayallah, A., &Karl, A. (2014). Attachment-security priming attenuates amygdala activation to social and linguistic threat.
A predominant expectation that social relationships with others are safe (a secure attachment style), has been linked with reduced threat-related amygdala activation. Experimental priming of mental representations of attachment security can modulate neural responding, but the effects of attachment-security priming on threat-related amygdala activation remains untested. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, the present study examined the effects of trait and primed attachment security on amygdala ...