The visual sensitivity of women during the menstrual cycle.
Five women were examined with dark adaptometry and a signal detection procedure for seven consecutive days in the middle of their menstrual cycles. Their discriminability indices show significant (p < 0.05) increases in visual sensitivity on the basal body temperature rise day, while five control observers show no changes across four consecutive days.
D000328:Adult; D001831:Body Temperature; D003623:Dark Adaptation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008598:Menstruation; D011680:Pupil; D012684:Sensory Thresholds; D014787:Vision Tests / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*