r/science • u/mvea 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/Due_Anybody4762 17d ago
Well this study doesn't include women with irregular periods and any clinical diagnoses so I don't think it's reliable.