Homeostasis is the process by which a biological system maintains a stable, balanced internal environment to ensure optimal functioning. This state of equilibrium involves stabilizing key physiological variables, such as blood pressure, respiration, digestion, and body temperature, at levels ideal for survival.

Homeostasis

Sexual behaviors , sex differences, sexual orientation and the brain development of gender can all be found with a basis in the brain. 

Sex from a Neuroscience perspective

All living systems, human or otherwise, have predictable rhythms of biological activity that they follow. There are daily rhythms such as sleeping or eating, and annual ones like hibernation.

Biological rhythms

The up- or down-regulation of either the magnitude or duration of an emotional response

Emotional Regulation 

- Evolutionary, Hormonal and Neural bases (sex)
- Homeostasis
- Biological Rhythms, Sleep, Dreaming

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- Biological Foundations of Behavior
- Evolution and Development of the Nervous System
- Perception and Action
- Regulation and Behavior
- Emotions and Mental Disorders
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Scope and Outlook

Focuses of Behavioral Neuroscience

Breedlove, S. & Watson, N. (2017). Behavioral neuroscience, eighth edition. Oxford University Press.

Behavioral Neuroscience 8th Edition

The study of the physiological basis for cognition.

Cognitive Neuroscience

- Viewpoints of the Biology of Behavior
- Approaches Relating Brain and Behavior
- The History of Research on the Brain and Behavior

Scope and Outlook of Behavioral Neuroscience

- Emotion, Aggression, Stress
- Psychopathology

Neuroscience of Emotions and Mental Disorders

Biological Regulation and Behavior

- Evolution of the Brain and Behavior
- Life-Span Development of the Brain and Behavior

Evolution and Development of the Nervous System

- Sensory Processing, Touch, Pain
- Hearing, Vestibular Perception
- Taste
- Smell
- Vision
- Motor Control and Plasticity

Neuroscience of Perception and Action

The study of the biological mechanisms that underlie behavior, including its physiological and anatomical foundations, is fundamental to many areas of psychology. Key areas of study include functional neural anatomy, neurophysiology, neurotransmitters and neuropharmacology, and the role of hormones and the brain.

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