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Rethinking Homeostasis: Striving for Stability in New Places
This chapter challenges the traditional idea of homeostasis and introduces the concept of allostasis as a more accurate model of change. The speakers discuss how healthy systems strive for stability in new places instead of returning to a baseline, using examples from muscles, the brain, and the immune system. They explore the implications of this new understanding on our perception of change.