Clarifying the roles of homeostasis and allostasis in physiological regulation
Ramsay DS · Woods SC
Psychological review · 2014
What the research tells us
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.
What to keep in mind
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.
Study at a glance
- POPULATION & SAMPLE
- Conceptual analysis of physiological regulation; no single participant sample.
- EXPOSURE / INTERVENTION / SUBJECT
- 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.
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