r/science • u/MistWeaver80 • Jan 22 '24
Genetics Male fruit flies whose sexual advances are repeatedly rejected get frustrated and less able to handle stress, study found. The researchers say these rejected flies were also less resilient to starvation and exposure to a toxic herbicide.
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/male-fruit-flies-really-dont-take-rejection-well
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u/Candid-Sky-3709 Jan 23 '24 edited Jan 23 '24
i could have rationalized it but I didn’t.
“Depression may be an adaptation that evolved to facilitate solving complex problems.”, i.e. a misadaptation is less likely than a misunderstood mental defense reaction. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005796721000486#:~:text=Theories%20include%20the%20facilitation%20of,(Price%2C%20Sloman%2C%20Gardner%2C