Neural Response to Distress Among Securely Attached 1 Running Head: NEURAL RESPONSE TO DISTRESS AMONG SECURELY ATTACHED Muted Neural Response to Distress Among Securely Attached People
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Neural processes that support individual differences in attachment security and affect regulation are currently unclear (Coan, 2010). Using EEG, we examined whether securely attached individuals, compared to insecure individuals, would show a muted neural response to experimentally manipulated distress. Participants completed a reaction time task that elicits error commission and the error-related negativity (ERN)—a neural signal sensitive to error-related distress—both before and after a distressing insecurity threat. Despite similar pre-threat levels, secure participants showed a stable ERN whereas insecure participants showed a post-threat increase in ERN amplitude. These results suggest a neural mechanism that allows securely attached people to regulate distress.
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Muted neural response to distress among securely attached people.
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