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Tylenol (acetaminophen)
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In summary, our research is the first to show that the popular physical painkiller acetaminophen can reduce empathy to the pain of others. Physical pain is an aversive experience, and undoubtedly many people can attest to acetaminophen’s beneficial ability to suppress physical pain. However, acetaminophen can also have unappreciated psycho-social side effects by interrupting the fundamental capacity to empathically connect with other people’s painful experiences. Quite literally, acetaminophen reduces one’s ability to feel another’s pain.
A Social Analgesic? Acetaminophen (Paracetamol) Reduces Positive Empathy
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 ...
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From painkiller to empathy killer: acetaminophen (paracetamol) reduces empathy for pain
Simulation theories of empathy hypothesize that empathizing with others’ pain shares some common psychological computations with the processing of one’s own pain. Support for this perspective has largely relied on functional neuroimaging ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In summary, our research is the first to show that the popular physical painkiller acetaminophen can reduce empathy to the pain of others. Physical pain is an aversive experience, and undoubtedly many people can attest to acetaminophen’s beneficial ability to suppress physical pain. However, acetaminophen can also have unappreciated psycho-social side effects by interrupting the fundamental capacity to empathically connect with other people’s painful experiences. Quite literally, acetaminophen reduces one’s ability to feel another’s pain.
