Secure Attachment despite Childhood Maltreatment: Behavioral and Neural Correlates of Interpersonal Resilience
Katharina Brosch, Vincent Hammes, Paula L Usemann, Frederike Stein, Sunny X. Tang, Rebecca M. Schwartz, Florian Thomas‐Odenthal, Lea Teutenberg, Nooshin Javaheripour, Susanne L. Meinert, Dominik Grotegerd, Elisabeth Johanna Leehr, Tiana Borgers, Kira Flinkenflügel, Janik Goltermann, , Nina Alexander
The paper identifies neural correlates of interpersonal resilience, finding larger gray matter volume in the left supramarginal gyrus in individuals with secure attachment despite childhood maltreatment.
bioRxiv · Jul 23, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience