Walter B. Cannon’s scientific contributions

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The Wisdom of the Body
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January 1963

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Physiological Reviews

Walter B. Cannon

The author presents a discussion of the steady states (homeostases) of the body, with the explanation, so far as such is possible, of the mechanisms controlling such conditions. The account is closed with analogies between the regulation of the body and the regulation of social processes. Brief bibliography. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)

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... Building on this understanding, homeostatic and allostatic principles [13], [14], [15] have explained behavior as a dynamic regulation of the organism's internal milieu. Models grounded in homeostatic and allostatic principles have successfully captured the hypothalamic regulation of motivation, enabling artificial agents to self-regulate their goals based on their internal state and the dynamic state of the environment [16], [17]. ...

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Motivational Cognitive Maps for Self-Regulated Autonomous Navigation
The Wisdom of the Body
  • Citing Article
  • January 1963

Physiological Reviews