The psychological research
about mentalization is supported by neuro - imaging studies demonstrating frontal and temporal functional changes (Fonagy et al., 2005; Bisson, 2007; Blakemore, 2008; Hains and Arnsten, 2008; Lombardo et al., 2009; Fonagy and Bateman, 2011; Gweon et al., 2012; Zaki and Ochsner, 2012; Nolte et al., 2013; Happé and Frith, 2014).
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to compare the same operationalization of
mentalization, namely RF, in mothers and their children by using the narratives
about attachment in close family relationships both for mothers and for children.