Those with high blood pressure have a new reason to take action: the condition may affect their interactions with other people.

In a new study published in the most recent edition of Psychosomatic Medicine, scientists discovered that high blood pressure brought on higher-than-normal levels of “emotional dampening”, or an inability to read facial expressions in other people. The researchers note that this condition can make it harder for those with high blood pressure to connect with others.

Scientists aren’t sure how hypertension affects emotional recognition, but they hypothesize that it has something to do with hypertension’s ability to affect brain function.

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