Can't focus? Maybe it's the wrong time of month, finds estrogen study on attention and learning
Friday, September 24, 2010 - 10:21
in Psychology & Sociology
Feeling a little sluggish and having trouble concentrating? Hormones might be to blame according to new research. The study shows that high estrogen levels are associated with an inability to pay attention and learn -- the first such paper to report how this impediment can be due to a direct effect of the hormone on mature brain structures.