r/science Professor | Medicine 18d ago

Neuroscience Research found no evidence to support myth that women’s cognitive abilities change across menstrual cycle. Given physiological changes that occur across menstrual cycle, the changes to the brain are either small enough that they don't influence performance or women compensate for these changes.

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/womens-menstrual-cycles-dont-change-the-way-our-brains-perform
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u/stumpfucker69 18d ago

Yeah, I came to say this. I always thought it was to do with interactions between estrogen and dopamine levels.

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u/ArbitraryMeritocracy 17d ago

That why I can't get out of bed?