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2023-11-08 22:35:34.574225+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Stoners Are More Empathetic, New Research Finds

Researchers at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México compared the brain activity of regular weed smokers with the rest of us, and found that their anterior cingulate (the region linked to empathy) was particularly active. In effect, this made the stoners more capable of sensing others’ feelings, and better able to feel someone else’s emotional state within their own body.

MedicalXpress: Does cannabis use affect empathy?

Empathy-related differences in the anterior cingulate functional connectivity of regular cannabis users when compared to controls<?a>

https://doi.org/10.1002/jnr.25252

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