Fonagy P, Target M
Sub-Department of Clinical Health Psychology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Attach Hum Dev. 2005 Sep;7(3):333-43. doi: 10.1080/14616730500269278.
The authors provide a context for this special section by arguing that the attachment relationships of infancy fulfil an evolutionary role in ensuring that the brain structures that come to subserve social cognition are appropriately organised and prepared to equip the individual for the collaborative existence with other people for which his or her brain was designed. Processes as fundamental as gene expression or changes in receptor densities can be seen as direct functions of the extent of understanding of mental states provided by the caregiving environment. If the attachment relationship is indeed a major organiser of brain development, it is even more important to understand the processes that underpin the transgenerational transmission of attachment patterns. The contributions of the papers in the special section to understanding the role of reflective function in the development of attachment and social cognition are reviewed, and the implications for the development of both theory and practice are explored.
作者们为这个特别版块提供了一个背景，他们认为婴儿期的依恋关系在确保那些后来服务于社会认知的脑结构得到适当组织并做好准备，以使个体能够与他人协作生存方面发挥着进化作用，而个体的大脑正是为此而设计的。像基因表达或受体密度变化这样的基本过程，可以被视为照料环境所提供的心理状态理解程度的直接函数。如果依恋关系确实是大脑发育的主要组织者，那么理解支撑依恋模式代际传递的过程就更为重要。本文回顾了特别版块中的论文对理解反思功能在依恋和社会认知发展中的作用所做的贡献，并探讨了其对理论和实践发展的启示。
