A Social Analgesic? Acetaminophen (Paracetamol) Reduces Positive Empathy
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Acetaminophen – a potent physical painkiller that also reduces empathy for other people’s suffering – blunts physical and social pain by reducing activation in brain areas (i.e. anterior insula and anterior cingulate) thought to ...
  • @blur457@lemmy.zipEnglish
    4•11 months ago

    (I didn’t read the article) Is it the drug or is it the pain the drug is taken to alleviate? If I’ve got a headache or muscle soreness I’m more likely to focus on that than someones fee-fees.

    • ✨Abigail Watson✨
      2•11 months ago

      Acetaminophen […] blunts physical and social pain by reducing activation in brain areas thought to be related to emotional awareness and motivation.

  • Fredselfish
    2•11 months ago

    Is that maybe why there been an uptick of bad people in the last couple of decades.

  • -☆-English
    1•10 months ago

    I work with the elderly a lot, and tylenol is a go-to… This kind of explains a lot