Discrimination of tone durations across the menstrual cycle

Authors
Farjampour, P Hellstrom, A
Citation
P. Farjampour et A. Hellstrom, Discrimination of tone durations across the menstrual cycle, PERC MOT SK, 90(3), 2000, pp. 1059-1070
Citations number
55
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology
Journal title
PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILLS
ISSN journal
00315125 → ACNP
Volume
90
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Part
2
Pages
1059 - 1070
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-5125(200006)90:3<1059:DOTDAT>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Discrimination of tone duration was studied as a function of menstrual cycl e phase. In three phases of their menstrual cycle, 12 women compared the du rations of 64 pairs of tones. They discriminated the tone durations least w ell in the premenstrual phase and tended to speed up their responding over sessions. In contrast, a control group of 12 men tended to improve their pe rformance over sessions while response time remained constant.