Mar. 14, 2014 — A brain -
mapping study of patients with schizophrenia has found that areas associated with the ability to imitate are impaired, providing new support for the
theory that deficits in this basic
cognitive skill may underlie the profound difficulty with social interactions that characterize the disorder.
In developing attachment
theory, John Bowlby proposed that all individuals psychologically incorporate prior experiences with caregivers, forming enduring
cognitive models or «
maps» of caregiving that persist into adulthood (16).