Physiological stability is maintained through dynamic regulation and adjustment to changing demand, not fixed stillness.

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Sterling describes allostasis as predictive regulation, while McEwen describes stress mediators as adaptive in the short term and potentially damaging when activation is repeated or prolonged. Together they support a dynamic rather than static view of physiological regulation.

These sources do not validate the Human OS module architecture or imply that the body seeks one permanently calm state.

The current Notes use Sterling and McEwen to support dynamic and anticipatory regulation. This replaces the older working-pass Chapter 5 source pairing and keeps the claim below the level of the Human OS architecture.

Broad, mature principles of human biology, behavior, or regulation supported across a substantial body of research.

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