Emotion recognition accuracy in healthy young females is associated with cycle phase
Emotion recognition accuracy in healthy young females is associated with cycle phase
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DOI：
10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.09.006
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发表时间：
2008-01-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Habel, Ute
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作者：
Derntl, Birgit;Kryspin-Exner, Ilse;Habel, Ute
一些研究报道了卵巢激素状态对认知和人的感知的显著影响。特别是，有人指出，女性的择偶偏好在月经周期中会发生变化。然而，作为成功社交的先决条件，面部情绪识别是否也受到雌二醇和黄体酮水平的影响，目前尚不清楚。因此，我们调查了32名健康的右撇子女性，其中15名处于卵泡期，17名处于黄体期，并比较了她们的识别准确率。激素水平与几个神经心理学参数相关。受试者的年龄和受教育程度相匹配，在任何神经心理功能上没有差异。情绪识别表现（ANOVA）分析显示，相位的影响显著，卵泡组的准确率更高。此外，黄体酮水平与情绪识别表现呈显著负相关，表明黄体酮水平越低，准确率越高，从而支持了组间差异。我们的研究结果表明，月经周期阶段和卵巢激素浓度对面部情绪识别有显著的关联，黄体酮对这种社交情绪能力有特殊的影响。(c) 2007爱思唯尔公司版权所有。
Several studies reported a significant influence of ovarian hormone status on cognition and person perception. In particular, it has been stated that female mating preferences are shifted during the menstrual cycle. It remains, however, unclear if facial emotion recognition, a prerequisite for successful social interaction, is also influenced by estradiol and progesterone levels. Hence, we investigated 32 healthy right-handed females, 15 during their follicular phase and 17 during their luteal phase and compared their recognition accuracy. Hormone levels were correlated with several neuropsychological parameters. Subjects were matched for age and education and did not differ in any neuropsychological function. Analysis of emotion recognition performance (ANOVA) revealed a significant effect of phase, showing higher accuracy in the follicular group. Furthermore, a significant negative correlation between progesterone level and emotion recognition performance emerged, indicating higher accuracy with lower progesterone levels, hence supporting the group differences. Our results indicate a significant association of menstrual cycle phase and thus ovarian hormone concentration on facial emotion recognition, with progesterone exerting a special influence on this social-emotional ability. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.