PROJECT MODELS
Connecting the science.
Frameworks make relationships visible. Explore how TAP connects existing research, which assumptions the models make and what future observations could test.
TAP Human Adaptation Framework ↗
A conceptual framework connecting demands, predictive regulation and function over time—with a place for reserve, recovery and accumulating costs.
CURRENT STATE & RESERVE
Domain-specific capacity may influence the response.
- DEMANDS & CONTEXT
What is required?
Timing · duration · predictability - PREDICTION
What is expected?
Prior experience · current cues - PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR
How does the system adjust?
Coordination · action - FUNCTION OVER TIME
What happens to function?
Maintain · adapt · recover
Feedback informs subsequent adjustment. Behavior can change exposure.
ACROSS REPEATED CHALLENGES
Allostatic load concerns cumulative physiological costs. Reserve is an influence, not a resilience score.
Recovery and resilience are interpreted from a specified system, challenge and outcome. Conceptual connections—not inevitable stages or validated causal effects.
TAP models are attributed conceptual syntheses. Each edition separates scientific sources, explanatory assumptions and proposed research questions. Review status and reproducible specifications are available in the publication record.