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Is a mathematical concept of homeostasis adequate to explain more complex behavior?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2011

A. B. Steffens
A. B. Steffens
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Department of Zoology, State University of Groningen, Kerklaan 30, 9751 NN Haren, the Netherlands
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , March 1979 , pp. 121
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