Well-being requires the maintenance of energy stores, water, and sodium within permissive zones. The brain, as ringleader, orchestrates their homeostatic control. It senses disturbances, decides what ...

Fat mass development and obesity have been associated with inappropriate food intake behaviors. Food intake is regulated by homeostatic and non-homeostatic control systems, as well as gut ...

This study tests a number of theoretical predictions based on subjective wellbeing (SWB) Homeostasis Theory. This theory proposes that SWB is actively maintained and defended within a narrow, positive ...