It’s been awhile since I’ve written anything. My lack of writing has more to do with schedule and life than for lack of noteworthy research.  But this research is so interesting it brought me back to you. This study suggests that women on birth control pills have more of a tendency to remember the gist of an emotional event rather than the details. In contrast, women who do not take birth control pills are more likely to recall details of an event rather than the general gist. What this says is that birth control pills affect memory and alter the way a woman remembers emotional events. And, since it is well known that certain emotional states such as anxiety and depression affect women more than men, it calls into question if being on birth control pills affect the memory of an event which can then lead to greater or lesser depression or anxiety.