Fear recognition across the menstrual cycle

Pearson, Rebecca and Lewis, Michael Bevan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5735-5318 2005. Fear recognition across the menstrual cycle. Hormones and Behavior 47 (3) , pp. 267-271. 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.11.003

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Abstract

This study assesses the mediating role of stage of menstrual cycle in the recognition of emotional expressions. It was hypothesised that fear recognition ability would be stronger at high-oestrogen stages of the menstrual cycle. The accuracy of recognising emotional expressions was compared across 50 women who were at different stages of their menstrual cycle. It was found that accuracy to recognise emotions was significantly affected by the interaction between stages of the menstrual cycle and the emotion being displayed. Further analysis revealed that for the emotion expression of fear alone, participants were significantly more accurate at the preovulatory surge (highest oestrogen levels) than at menstruation (oestrogen levels at lowest point). The results have implications for the processes that underlie fear processing and a possible insight into the sexual dimorphism of this ability and conditions that show variations in fear recognition (e.g., autism, Turner syndrome).

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Fear; Oestrogen; Menstrual cycle; Sexual dimorphism; Autism; Depression
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0018-506x
Last Modified:	17 Oct 2022 09:29
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/3358

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