Popping Pills and Bursting Balloons – Paracetamol and Risk-taking

Paracetamol doesn’t just ease your headache – it also influences your decision-making. Not only are people more likely to take risks after being given the pain-killing drug, they’re also less likely to see potentially dangerous activities as risky in the first place.

Full article available at Oxford Science Journalism.

[850 words, 5 mins]

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