study revealed that women's memories of past betrayals became less painful after they took ibuprofen, compared to women who took a placebo. The same connection wasn’t found in men — in fact, it was the opposite for them. It’s not totally clear why this gender difference exists, but the team suggests it may be that while the medications dulled the women’s emotional pain, “men responded in the opposite manner because the drugs disrupted their default tendency to suppress emotional pain.” More work will definitely need to be done to understand this gender divide more fully.
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