Effects of the menstrual cycle on working memory: Comparison of postmenstrual and premenstrual phases

Industrial Health

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 253-260

  Konishi, Kiyomi ^a   Kumashiro, Masaharu ^b   Izumi, Hiroyuki ^b   Higuchi, Yoshiyuki ^c  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Menstrual cycle; Performance; Postmenstrual phase; Premenstrual phase; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEMORY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENSTRUAL CYCLE;

EID: 46049085794     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.46.253     Document Type: Article

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