Oral contraceptives could impair women’s recognition of complex emotions
Monday, February 11, 2019 - 10:40
in Psychology & Sociology
The pill could be blurring your social judgement – but perhaps not enough so you’d notice. By challenging women to identify complex emotional expressions like pride or contempt, rather than basic ones like happiness or fear, scientists have revealed subtle changes in emotion recognition associated with oral contraceptive pill (OCP) use. Published in Frontiers in Neuroscience, […]