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Neuropsychological correlates of menstrual mood changes
M Altemus1, B E Wexler, N Boulis
1Yale University Department of Psychiatry, Veterans Administration Medical Center, West Haven, Connecticut.
Psychosomatic Medicine
|May 1, 1989
Abstract:
The authors compared responses to dichotic auditory stimuli presented in the premenstrual and follicular phases of the menstrual cycle and three months of prospective mood self-ratings. Women who reported more dysphoria premenstrually had a lower right ear advantage for language-related stimuli. They also heard fewer positive words in the premenstrual compared to the follicular phase of their cycles.