Behavioral vs Allostasis - What's the difference?
behavioral | allostasis |
Of or relating to behavior.
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, author=Stephen Ledoux
, title=Behaviorism at 100
, volume=100, issue=1, page=60
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The process of achieving stability, or homeostasis, in the body, through physiological or behavioral change.
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=August 18, author=Natalie Angier, title=Brain Is a Co-Conspirator in a Vicious Stress Loop, work=New York Times
, passage=This system of so-called allostasis , of maintaining control through constant change, stands in contrast to the mechanisms of homeostasis that keep the pH level and oxygen concentration in the blood within a narrow and invariant range. }}
As an adjective behavioral
is of or relating to behavior.As a noun allostasis is
the process of achieving stability, or homeostasis, in the body, through physiological or behavioral change.behavioral
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Alternative forms
* behavioural (Commonwealth English)Adjective
(-)citation, passage=Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.}}
allostasis
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(wikipedia allostasis)Noun
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