The menstrual cycle affects recognition of emotional expressions: an event-related potential study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several studies have investigated the relationship between behavioral changes and the menstrual cycle in female subjects at a reproductive age. The present study investigated the relationship between the menstrual cycle and emotional face recognition by measuring the N170 component of ERPs.

Methods

We measured N170 of twelve women in both follicular phase and late luteal phase who were presented with human facial expressions as stimuli (happy and angry).

Results

In the follicular phase, participants showed a significantly larger response to happy male facial expressions. In the late luteal phase, participants had longer reaction times to all emotional stimuli, and a significantly reduced response to happy faces, especially happy male facial expressions (P<0

SUBMITTER: Yamazaki M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5558101 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature