Map-reading can be difficult for women during ovulation

A team of scientists from Concordia University in Montreal studied the memory of women throughout their menstrual cycle. They found that oestrogen and progesterone cause the brain to favor one memory or strategy over the other.

As you may know, the menstrual cycles occurs with the variation of  two of the ovarian hormones called  estrogen and progesterone.

On the graph, we can observe a high increase of estrogen.

45 women who had regular tested where tested for two tasks. One group was asked to memorize a list of words and the other one was asked to find their way through a maze.
The results showed that women that were ovulation performed better in memorizing the list of words and women in their pre-menstrual phase were better at solving a maze.

This study's goal is to better understand the women brain. I hope it will not be used to discriminate more women at work.
Understanding the difference between women and men could trigger the research, notably pharmaceutical, to create targeted therapy.

What do you think ?