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Women perform better in cognitive tests when menstruating, study finds

Women perform better during their periods, showing faster reaction times and fewer errors in tasks, with 10-millisecond accuracy improvement in the moving balls task and 25% fewer errors in the inhibition task.
Research indicates that women, despite feeling less capable, make fewer mistakes while on their periods.
Participants felt worse during menstruation but demonstrated improved performance, contradicting their beliefs of weakened abilities.

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India Today

Women have better mental agility during periods: Study

A new study highlights that specific cognitive functions fluctuate during the menstrual cycle. Researchers emphasised the importance of understanding how brain and body changes throughout the month could help women adapt.

10 months ago·India

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NewsNation

Menstruating women show faster, more accurate cognition: Study

A new study seems to upend conventional wisdom — and women's own perceptions of their abilities — by showing that women have faster and more accurate cognitive performance while they are on their period.

10 months ago·Chicago, United States

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BBC News

Women better at sport during period, study suggests

It could explain why women playing contact sports appear injury prone between ovulation and menstruation.

10 months ago·United Kingdom

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People

Women on Their Periods Make Fewer Mistakes and Pay More Attention to Detail: New Study

Women perform better, make fewer mistakes and have faster response times when they are menstruating, according to a new study.

10 months ago·United States

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The Times

Women’s reaction times ‘better when they are on their periods’

Study adds to research into the link between the menstrual cycle and physical and mental performance

10 months ago·United Kingdom

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Sky News UK

Women perform better and make fewer mistakes when on their period, new research says

A new study testing women's ability to react and foresee "challenges what women and perhaps society more generally, assume about their abilities" when they are on their periods - and it is surprisingly positive.

10 months ago·United Kingdom

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