“…Furthermore, we know that the benefits of caregiver mentalizing extend beyond attachment outcomes: good mentalizing on the part of the caregiver is associated with higher performance of children in social cognition tasks (Laranjo, Bernier, Meins, & Carlson, 2010;Meins et al, 2002) and with general social cognitive development (Meins et al, 2003). In contrast, social environments characterized by adversity (e.g., child neglect or abuse) impair cognitive development (Ayoub et al, 2009;Fernald, Weber, Galasso, & Ratsifandrihamanana, 2011;G. S. Goodman, Quas, & Ogle, 2010;Rieder & Cicchetti, 1989).…”