Negative Feedback
August 26th, 2009
Negative Feedback
In maintaining balance of internal systems in our bodies, a negative feedback response is one that seeks to counteract the course of a change.
Suppose your body temperature is heating up from exercise, your brain will process this temperature change and signal the sweat glands in your skin to start sweating in order to cool you down. This response is considered a negative feedback, because the reaction of your body was one in which the temperature increase is reversed.