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Behavioral Changes Associated with the Menstrual Cycle: An Experimental Investigation 1
Author(s) -
Zimmerman Ellen,
Parlee Mary Brown
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1973.tb02400.x
Subject(s) - menstrual cycle , follicular phase , skin conductance , psychology , luteal phase , audiology , stimulus (psychology) , developmental psychology , medicine , psychotherapist , hormone , biomedical engineering
Fourteen female subjects were tested during the menstrual (days 1–4), follicular (days 6–12), luteal (days 17–21), and premenstrual (days 23–27) phases of their menstrual cycles. Of the tests used (arm‐hand steadiness, galvanic skin response to an auditory stimulus, reaction time ‐ simple and choice, time estimation, and digit‐symbol substitution), only arm‐hand steadiness showed statistically significant fluctuations over the course of the cycle. Daily self‐ratings of various symptoms and moods showed no significant changes when the appropriate statistical techniques were used; parametric techniques suggested fluctuations in reports of pain, bloatedness, hunger, hours of sleep, and pressure of immediate academic work.