Transcription of Mind, Brain, and Relationships
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Copyright 2012 The Guilford Press This is a chapter excerpt from Guilford Publications. The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are, Second Edition. By Daniel J. Siegel. Copyright 2012. Purchase this book now: chAPteR 1 Mind, Brain, and Relationships The Interpersonal Neurobiology Perspective The mind is rarely defined in fields that focus on mental experience. This avoidance may be due to any of several well-considered reasons. There is the understandable philosophical stance that definitions may restrict a full understanding, or the notion that the mystery of the mind makes us unable to characterize its defining features. Sometimes the word mind is used as a placeholder for the unknown, a marker of this mysterious source of our sub jective inner life.
Moreover, studies of evolution suggest that our mammalian brains are pro foundly social, and that relationships have a huge impact on neuronal func
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