Are cannabis users better equipped to understand and process emotions?A team of researchers in Mexico found evidence showing a new potential benefit of medical cannabis: increased empathy, or an enhanced ability to understand the emotions of others.
Published Nov. 8, in the Journal of Neuroscience Research, a new study suggests regular cannabis users could have a heightened ability to understand the emotional states of others. Psychological assessments and brain imaging show that the people who consumed cannabis show stronger connectivity in brain regions associated with empathy.
Authors Víctor E. Olalde-Mathieu, Daniel Atilano-Barbosa, Arafat Angulo-Perkins, Giovanna L Licea-Haquet, Cesar Arturo Dominguez-Frausto, Fernando A. Barrios, and Sarael Alcauter Solórzano contributed to the study. They observed 136 participants, 85 of whom are regular cannabis users and a control group of 51 non-users.
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