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INTERPERSONAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Occurring among or involving several people
Example:
interpersonal situations in which speech occurs
Classified under:
Similar:
social (living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups)
Context examples:
They found that mums and babies tend to synchronise their brain waves – an effect known as interpersonal neural connectivity - particularly in the frequency of 6-9 hertz, the infant alpha range.
(Mothers’ and babies’ brains ‘more in tune’ when mother is happy, University of Cambridge)
By looking at the qualities and structure of the interpersonal neural connectivity using a mathematical method of network analysis, the researchers could see how information flowed within each separate brain, and also how the two brains operated together as a network.
(Mothers’ and babies’ brains ‘more in tune’ when mother is happy, University of Cambridge)