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Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB) or Relational Neurobiology is an interdisciplinary framework associated with human development and functioning. It was developed by Daniel J. Siegel in the 1990s and brings together a wide range of scientific disciplines in demonstrating how the mind, brain, and relationships integrate to alter one another. In IPNB, the mind is viewed as a process that regulates the flow of both energy and information, the brain is the neurocircuitry through which both energy and information flow, and relationships are how energy and information and shared and regulated between people through engagement, connection, and communication.[1] Drawing on the systems theory, such experiences, especially within interpersonal relationships, can shape the genetically programmed maturation of the nervous system, as the brain is open and dynamic.[2] Its integrated, component subsystems interact in a patterned way to create an irreducible quality of the system as a whole.[2]
Interpersonal Neurobiology also studies the impact of interpersonal experiences on brain development during early developmental years,[3][4] assuming disruptions to the continuity, presence, and availability of the caregiver result in attachment disorders that may manifest as physical changes[5][6] in the neural structures that shape the perception of reality.[7] The claim is that this can influence one's emotional intelligence, complexity of behaviours, and flexibility of responses later in life.[5]
IPNB is thereby argued to be a 'cause and effect' systematic interaction between genetic composition and social experiences influencing neurobiological and psychological functioning.[8][9]