TAP reading note: Clarifying the roles of homeostasis and allostasis in physiological regulation

What the study found

Ramsay and Woods examine how homeostasis and allostasis are used, arguing that understanding interacting regulatory mechanisms matters more than treating any change in a regulated value as a new kind of regulation.

Scope & limitations

Conceptual analysis of physiological regulation; no single participant sample.

A clarification of competing explanations, not an intervention trial. It does not establish a diagnostic test or show that modern homeostasis excludes anticipation and learning.

Population & sample

Conceptual analysis of physiological regulation; no single participant sample.

Exposure or intervention

Definitions of homeostasis and allostasis and the regulatory loops behind physiological responses.

Outcomes

Conceptual distinctions and implications for investigating regulation and dysregulation.

Time frame

Theoretical synthesis published in 2014; no participant follow-up.

Research funding

Not yet checked against the full publication.

Research conflicts of interest

Not yet checked against the full publication.

Reading scope

Based on the original publication’s abstract and bibliographic record. This is a selected reading note, not a systematic appraisal.

References

1. Ramsay DS, Woods SC (2014). Clarifying the roles of homeostasis and allostasis in physiological regulation. Psychological review. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0035942

Publication record

TAP-RDN-0012 · v0.1 · English

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