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    Muted neural response to distress among securely attached people (2014)

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    http://hdl.handle.net/10092/17250
    
    Publisher's DOI/URI
    https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nst099
    
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    University of Canterbury. Psychology
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    Authors
    Nash, K.
    Prentice, M.
    Hirsh, J.
    McGregor, I.
    Inzlicht, M.
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    Abstract

    Neural processes that support individual differences in attachment security and affect regulation are currently unclear. Using electroencephalography, we examined whether securely attached individuals, compared with 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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    Nash, K., Prentice, M., Hirsh, J., McGregor, I., Inzlicht, M. (2014) Muted neural response to distress among securely attached people. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience.
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    Keywords
    attachment; security; error-related negativity; distress
    ANZSRC Fields of Research
    17 - Psychology and Cognitive Sciences::1701 - Psychology::170101 - Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology)
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    This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
    https://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651

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