Dr Miriam Stoppard: Can taking painkillers curb your empathy for others?

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MRI scans show the same parts of the brain light up when feeling positive empathy – pleasure on other people’s behalf – and also when we feel pain, so could paracetamol stop you feeling loved up and empathetic?

Occasionally medical research throws up something ­intriguing that might, just might, affect your everyday life. Would you believe a painkiller could make you feel less affectionate?

 

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