PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Marwan S. Al-Nimer
TI  - Intraindividual and interindividual variations in psychomotor task performance in spontaneously menstruating women
DP  - 2008 Jan 01
TA  - Neurosciences Journal
PG  - 17--22
VI  - 13
IP  - 1
4099  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/13/1/17.short
4100  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/13/1/17.full
SO  - Neurosciences (Riyadh)2008 Jan 01; 13
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To examine the variability in psychomotor task performance in women in reference to the menstrual cycle.METHODS: One hundred and eighty young women with spontaneous regular menstrual period of 30 days duration and 20 young men were assessed in the Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Al-Mustansiriya University, Baghdad, Iraq during 2003.RESULTS: Women had significantly lower recognition as well as motor reaction time than men with wide inter and intraindividual variations. Women also had a lower critical flicker fusion frequency threshold than men with more variation. The changes in psychomotor performance are not specific for a certain phase of the menstrual cycle.CONCLUSION: Spontaneously menstruating young women are not good participants for psychomotor performance studies because of wide intra- and interindividual variations.