This BrainEthics blog entry describes recent research studying the neurology of attachment.
Along with a brief discussion of the experimental protocols, there are several good links to related background material.
Thomas Ramsoy, the author of the blog entry notes with surprise:
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So having an insecure attachment style leads to higher activation to attachment-related primes. Taken together, this result demonstrates a role for amygdala in mediating attatchment relevant behaviour. Indeed, it is interesting to see how a phylogenetic “old†limbic structure is involved in an interpersonal psychological process, which is normally thought to involve more prefrontal cortical regions.
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http://brainethics.wordpress.com/200.../bowlbys-bulb/