feedback

Also known as feedback loop, feedback process

thumb|A feedback loop where all outputs of a process are available as causal inputs to that process

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Feedback is when the results or outputs of a process loop back around to influence that same process as inputs. It matters because these loops can either stabilize a system (like a thermostat maintaining temperature) or cause it to spiral out of control, making feedback a fundamental mechanism that shapes how systems behave.

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Research

243,953 papers

Giving and Receiving Effective Feedback: A Review Article and How-To Guide.ReviewArchives of pathology & laboratory medicine · 2019Jug R, Jiang XS, Bean SMDOI: 10.5858/arpa.2018-0058-RA
The multiscale feedback theory of biodiversity.ReviewTrends in ecology & evolution · 2023Zobel M, Moora M, Pärtel M et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.09.008
How feedback and feed-forward mechanisms link determinants of social dominance.ReviewBiological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2022Dehnen T, Arbon JJ, Farine DR et al.DOI: 10.1111/brv.12838
[Feedback loops in medical education].ReviewUgeskrift for laeger · 2020Chawes B, Johannesen J
Feedback in tropical forests of the Anthropocene.ReviewGlobal change biology · 2022Flores BM, Staal ADOI: 10.1111/gcb.16293
Understanding Feedback for Learners in Interprofessional Settings: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Coelho V, Scott A, Bilgic E et al.DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191710732
Designing feedback processes in the workplace-based learning of undergraduate health professions education: a scoping review.BMC medical education · 2024Fuentes-Cimma J, Sluijsmans D, Riquelme A et al.DOI: 10.1186/s12909-024-05439-6
How to Improve the Efficacy of Student Feedback.ReviewIndian pediatrics · 2022Chhabra N, Kukreja S, Chhabra S

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Contents

History
Types
Positive and negative feedback
Terminology
Limitations of negative and positive feedback
Other types of feedback
Applications
Mathematics and dynamical systems
Physics
Biology
Climate science
Control theory
Education
Mechanical engineering
Electronic engineering
Negative feedback
Positive feedback
Loop gain
Oscillator
Latches and flip-flops
Software
Software development
User interface design
Video feedback
Human resource management
See also
References
Further reading
External links

thumb|A feedback loop where all outputs of a process are available as causal inputs to that process

Feedback occurs when outputs of a system are routed back as inputs as part of a chain of cause and effect that forms a circuit or loop. The system can then be said to feed back into itself. The notion of cause-and-effect has to be handled carefully when applied to feedback systems: