Anna Vannucci, Andrea Fields, Paul A Bloom, Nicolas L Camacho, Tricia Choy, Amaesha Durazi, Syntia Hadis, Chelsea Harmon, Charlotte Heleniak, Michelle VanTieghem, Mary Dozier, Michael P Milham, Simona Ghetti, Nim Tottenham
Cognitive science has demonstrated that we construct knowledge about the world by abstracting patterns from routinely encountered experiences and storing them as semantic memories. This preregistered study tested the hypothesis that caregiving-related early adversities (crEAs) shape affective semantic memories to reflect the content of those adverse interpersonal-affective experiences. We also tested the hypothesis that because affective semantic memories may continue to evolve in response to later-occurring positive experiences, child-perceived attachment security will inform their content...
April 25, 2024: Developmental Science