Progesterone and Mental Rotation Task : Is There Any Effect?
Joint Authors
Griškova-Bulanova, Inga
Baranauskas, Mindaugas
Alaburda, Aidas
Grikšienė, Ramunė
Noreika, Donatas
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-04-10
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Mental rotation task (MRT) incorporates elements of spatial abilities, important in many professions, with people of both genders involved.
Importantly, these are the areas where spatial tasks might be performed for long time periods; thus adverse effects of mental fatigue are highly unwanted.
Substantial variation of MRT performance in relation to estrogen levels has been observed in many studies, whereas the role of progesterone remains elusive.
Here we aimed to elucidate the effect of progesterone level on the long-duration (1.5 hours) performance of MRT.
We included three groups of subjects: a group of males as a control, a group of females in their follicular phase (low progesterone) and a group of females in their luteal phase (high progesterone), MRT accuracy and response time, subjective fatigue ratings and cardiovascular measures together with 17β-estradiol and progesterone concentrations were analyzed.
We found that subjective ratings of fatigue increased, performance accuracy increased, and mean response times decreased during the task in all groups.
Females in luteal phase were significantly slower not only than men, but also than females in their follicular phase.
An increase in subjective fatigue ratings was positively related to progesterone level—at higher progesterone levels, females felt more tired.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Noreika, Donatas& Griškova-Bulanova, Inga& Alaburda, Aidas& Baranauskas, Mindaugas& Grikšienė, Ramunė. 2014. Progesterone and Mental Rotation Task : Is There Any Effect?. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-495077
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Noreika, Donatas…[et al.]. Progesterone and Mental Rotation Task : Is There Any Effect?. BioMed Research International No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-495077
American Medical Association (AMA)
Noreika, Donatas& Griškova-Bulanova, Inga& Alaburda, Aidas& Baranauskas, Mindaugas& Grikšienė, Ramunė. Progesterone and Mental Rotation Task : Is There Any Effect?. BioMed Research International. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-495077
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-495077