Take Tylenol and Turn Cantankerous
Who knew? When you take Tylenol, you stop caring about other people. Well, not exactly. But close. But a new study has found that when you take acetaminophen, you don’t feel others’ pain as much. Turns out when we're seeking relief from pain, we may also be decreasing our empathy for both the physical and social aches that other people experience, according to newswise.com. Researchers at The Ohio State University found, for example, that when participants who took acetaminophen learned about the misfortunes of others, they thought these individuals experienced less pain and suffering,when compared to those who took no painkiller. “These findings suggest other people’s pain doesn’t seem as big of a deal to you when you’ve taken acetaminophen,” says Dominik Mischkowski, co-author of the study and a former Ph.D. student at Ohio State, now at the National Institutes of Health. “Acetaminophen can reduce empathy as well as serve as a paink...