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Psychosomatic Medicine 34:263-269 (1972)
© 1972 American Psychosomatic Society

Menstrual Cycle Changes and Intellectual Performance

BARBARA SOMMER MA1

1 Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, Calif.

Address for reprint requests: Barbara Sommer, Dept. of Psychology, University of California, Davis, Calif 95616.

Test scores of a large number of female college students were studied in an attempt to determine whether there is an association between intellectual performance and phases of the menstrual cycle. No systematic relationships were found. However, subjects using oral contraceptives showed a higher mean performance on all tests than those not using oral contraceptives.

Submitted on May 4, 1971
Revised on October 29, 1971




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