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Pms: Cyclical Variation In Attentional Capacity With Pms And Non-Pms Women, Francine Linda Greenstein
Pms: Cyclical Variation In Attentional Capacity With Pms And Non-Pms Women, Francine Linda Greenstein
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The increasing need for women to have an expanded role in decision making capacities and in professional areas raises persistent questions concerning the effect of menstrual cycle fluctuations on performance, specifically, cognitive/intellectual functioning. A wide variety of recurring cyclical and emotional symptoms have been reported as common to women suffering from premenstrual syndrome (PMS). This study examined possible impairment of cognitive functioning during the PMS phase of the menstrual cycle using PMS and Non-PMS women. The two groups were compared over three menstrual cycles on a digit span task, a letter detection task, and a combination of the two. PMS …