Students in an undergraduate psychology course were given the opportunity to take a pill containing either meprobamate or aspirin prior to a classroom examination. The drug interacted with sex, with women benefitting from meprobamate and men's performance being depressed. The author interprets these results as related to Heide and Borkovec's findings that relaxation may induce anxiety.
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