A social analgesic? Acetaminophen (paracetamol) reduces positive empathy

D Mischkowski, J Crocker, BM Way - Frontiers in psychology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
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 (ie anterior …

Drug influences on consumer judgments: emerging insights and research opportunities from the intersection of pharmacology and psychology

GRO Durso, KL Haws, BM Way - Marketing Letters, 2020 - Springer
Recent evidence at the intersection of pharmacology and psychology suggests that
pharmaceutical products and other drugs can exert previously unrecognized effects on …

Acetaminophen Potentiates Fear Processing: A Comparison Between Ancestral and Modern Threats

A Gallup, B Gagnon, G Perry… - Letters on Evolutionary …, 2021 - lebs.hbesj.org
The painkilling medication acetaminophen produces a variety of unintended psychological
effects. In particular, it has been shown to diminish varied forms of psychological distress by …