The science of lifespan — and the impact of your five senses | Christi Gendron
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Exploring Lifespan Through the Lens of Death Perception in Fruit Flies
This chapter examines the role of the nervous system in lifespan studies using fruit flies, emphasizing the impact of environmental cues related to death perception. It highlights experimental findings on how the presence of deceased flies affects the behavior and longevity of living ones, offering insights for therapeutic approaches to death-related stress in humans.
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