The Cycling Brain in the Workplace: Does Workload Modulate the Menstrual Cycle Effect on Cognition?

doi:10.3389/fnbeh.2022.856276

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	The Cycling Brain in the Workplace: Does Workload Modulate the Menstrual Cycle Effect on Cognition?
	Xu, Min 1,2,3; Chen, Dandan 2; Li, Hai2,3 ; Wang, Hongzhi1,2,3 ; Yang, Li-Zhuang 2,3
	2022-06-02
发表期刊	FRONTIERS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE
ISSN	1662-5153
通讯作者	Wang, Hongzhi(wanghz@hfcas.ac.cn) ; Yang, Li-Zhuang(lzyang@ustc.edu.cn)
摘要	Recent decades have witnessed increased research efforts to clarify how the menstrual cycle influence females' cognitive and emotional functions. Despite noticeable progress, the research field faces the challenges of inconsistency and low generalizability of research findings. Females of reproductive ages are a heterogeneous population. Generalizing the results of female undergraduates to women in the workplace might be problematic. Furthermore, the critical cognitive processes for daily life and work deserve additional research efforts for improved ecological validity. Thus, this study investigates cognitive performance across the menstrual cycle using a sample of young nurses with similar duties. We developed a mini-computerized cognitive battery to assess four mental skills critical for nursing work: cognitive flexibility, divided attention, response inhibition, and working memory. Participants completed the cognitive battery at menses, late-follicular, and mid-luteal phases. In addition, they were classified into low- and high workload groups according to their subjective workload ratings. Our results demonstrate a general mid-luteal cognitive advantage. Besides, this study reveals preliminary evidence that workload modulates the menstrual cycle effect on cognition. Only females of low workload manifest the mid-luteal cognitive advantage on divided attention and response inhibition, implying that a suitable workload threshold might be necessary for regular neuro-steroid interactions. Thus, this study advocates the significance of research focusing on the cycling brain under workloads.
关键词	menstrual cycle workload cognitive flexibility inhibitory control divided attention
DOI	10.3389/fnbeh.2022.856276
关键词[WOS]	WORKING-MEMORY CAPACITY ; EARLY LUTEAL-PHASE ; ESTROGEN ; PROGESTERONE ; PERFORMANCE ; WOMEN ; PSYCHOPHYSICS ; ATTENTION ; SEX ; ASSOCIATION
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Behavioral Sciences ; Neurosciences & Neurology
WOS类目	Behavioral Sciences ; Neurosciences
WOS记录号	WOS:000812016300001
出版者	FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
引用统计	被引频次：1[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.hfcas.ac.cn:8080/handle/334002/131250
专题	中国科学院合肥物质科学研究院
通讯作者	Wang, Hongzhi; Yang, Li-Zhuang
作者单位	1.Bengbu Med Coll, Bengbu, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Hefei Canc Hosp, Hefei, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Hlth & Med Technol, Hefei Inst Phys Sci, Anhui Prov Key Lab Med Phys & Technol, Hefei, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Xu, Min,Chen, Dandan,Li, Hai,et al. The Cycling Brain in the Workplace: Does Workload Modulate the Menstrual Cycle Effect on Cognition?[J]. FRONTIERS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE,2022,16.
APA	Xu, Min,Chen, Dandan,Li, Hai,Wang, Hongzhi,&Yang, Li-Zhuang.(2022).The Cycling Brain in the Workplace: Does Workload Modulate the Menstrual Cycle Effect on Cognition?.FRONTIERS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE,16.
MLA	Xu, Min,et al."The Cycling Brain in the Workplace: Does Workload Modulate the Menstrual Cycle Effect on Cognition?".FRONTIERS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE 16(2022).