However, for women sensitive to menstrual cycle hormone fluctuations, the premenstrual or late luteal phase is associated with poorer attention, higher anxiety and stress, or at the more severe ...

A new brain imaging study has found that women’s attention and cognitive control can be influenced by hormonal fluctuations across the menstrual cycle. Specifically, during the mid-luteal phase ...

The structure of the female brain changes throughout the menstrual cycle, scientists have found. For the first time, researchers at Germany's Max Planck Society have monitored how the brain ...

'Medical education, fitness plans, and diet culture were all built around a male 24-hour hormone cycle - not the 28-day female one,' Dr. Jenkins said.