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/enwongeegeefor 17d ago

Wait....are all 3 authors businesses majors and not even science majors?

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u/johanjzj 17d ago

Imagine equating being a professor for a business school with a business major.