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New research shows that oral contraceptive use does not affect people’s behavior, feelings, and gender self-concept, although it does appear to affect cognition. Women who used oral contraceptives showed no differences in openness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, extroversion, and agreeableness.

Oral Contraceptives Can Affect Verbal Working Memory, Cognition

Study finds no effect on gender self-concept