Eye movements and ERP biomarkers for face processing problems in avoidant attachment-style individuals
BackgroundAvoidant attachment poses a serious risk to intimate relationships and offspring. However, there are few studies on the face-processing characteristics and impairments of avoidant individuals based on basic emotion theory. Therefore, this study investigated the issues of emotional processi...
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| description | BackgroundAvoidant attachment poses a serious risk to intimate relationships and offspring. However, there are few studies on the face-processing characteristics and impairments of avoidant individuals based on basic emotion theory. Therefore, this study investigated the issues of emotional processing and deactivation strategies in individuals with avoidant attachment.MethodsAvoidant and secure individuals were recruited to participate in an eye-tracking experiment and a two-choice oddball task in which they had to distinguish facial expressions of basic emotions (sadness, anger, fear, disgust, and neutral). Eye fixation durations to various parts of the face, including the eyes, nose, and mouth, were measured, and three event-related potentials (ERP) components (P100, N170, and P300) were monitored.ResultsAvoidant individuals could not process facial expressions as easily as secure individuals. Avoidant individuals focused less on the eyes of angry faces when compared to secure individuals. They also exhibited a more positive P100 component and a less negative N170 component when processing faces and a larger amplitude of the P300 component than secure individuals when processing emotional expressions.ConclusionAvoidant individuals use deactivating strategies and exhibit specific characteristics at different stages, which are of great significance in social interaction. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5a10778d6ed94e1a8410f214a07c52d92023-05-19T05:19:58ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience1662-51532023-05-011710.3389/fnbeh.2023.11359091135909Eye movements and ERP biomarkers for face processing problems in avoidant attachment-style individualsSimeng Gu0Yao Jiang1Mei Liu2Yumeng Li3Yuan Liang4Rou Feng5Minghong Xu6Fushun Wang7Jason H. Huang8Jason H. Huang9Department of Psychology, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, ChinaInstitute of Brain and Psychological Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaInstitute of Brain and Psychological Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, ChinaInstitute of Brain and Psychological Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaInstitute of Brain and Psychological Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaDepartment of Neurology, Lianyungang Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, ChinaInstitute of Brain and Psychological Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Baylor Scott & White Health Center, Temple, TX, United StatesDepartment of Surgery, Texas A&M University, Temple, TX, United StatesBackgroundAvoidant attachment poses a serious risk to intimate relationships and offspring. However, there are few studies on the face-processing characteristics and impairments of avoidant individuals based on basic emotion theory. Therefore, this study investigated the issues of emotional processing and deactivation strategies in individuals with avoidant attachment.MethodsAvoidant and secure individuals were recruited to participate in an eye-tracking experiment and a two-choice oddball task in which they had to distinguish facial expressions of basic emotions (sadness, anger, fear, disgust, and neutral). Eye fixation durations to various parts of the face, including the eyes, nose, and mouth, were measured, and three event-related potentials (ERP) components (P100, N170, and P300) were monitored.ResultsAvoidant individuals could not process facial expressions as easily as secure individuals. Avoidant individuals focused less on the eyes of angry faces when compared to secure individuals. They also exhibited a more positive P100 component and a less negative N170 component when processing faces and a larger amplitude of the P300 component than secure individuals when processing emotional expressions.ConclusionAvoidant individuals use deactivating strategies and exhibit specific characteristics at different stages, which are of great significance in social interaction.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2023.1135909/fullavoidant attachmenteye-trackingERPfacial expressionsdeactivating strategiesMDD |
| spellingShingle | Simeng Gu Yao Jiang Mei Liu Yumeng Li Yuan Liang Rou Feng Minghong Xu Fushun Wang Jason H. Huang Jason H. Huang Eye movements and ERP biomarkers for face processing problems in avoidant attachment-style individuals Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience avoidant attachment eye-tracking ERP facial expressions deactivating strategies MDD |
| title | Eye movements and ERP biomarkers for face processing problems in avoidant attachment-style individuals |
| title_full | Eye movements and ERP biomarkers for face processing problems in avoidant attachment-style individuals |
| title_fullStr | Eye movements and ERP biomarkers for face processing problems in avoidant attachment-style individuals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Eye movements and ERP biomarkers for face processing problems in avoidant attachment-style individuals |
| title_short | Eye movements and ERP biomarkers for face processing problems in avoidant attachment-style individuals |
| title_sort | eye movements and erp biomarkers for face processing problems in avoidant attachment style individuals |
| topic | avoidant attachment eye-tracking ERP facial expressions deactivating strategies MDD |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2023.1135909/full |
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