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title: Does PMS affect thinking and memory? | Niyora
description: Women with PMS showed slower brain responses to sounds compared to women without PMS, suggesting possible cognitive effects, though memory itself was not dire
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/investigation-of-auditory-potentials-and-cognitive-impairment-in-premenstrual-2018/
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Case-control study, 2018

# Does PMS affect thinking and memory?

Women with PMS showed slower brain responses to sounds compared to women without PMS, suggesting possible cognitive effects, though memory itself was not directly tested.

 Moderate study design

60 women total: 30 with PMS and 30 without

## What they did

Measured P300 brain wave response in 60 women (30 with PMS, 30 without) while they listened to sounds and identified the odd one in a discrimination task.

## What they found

Women with PMS had longer P300 wave latencies (slower brain responses) across all brain regions tested compared to women without PMS. There was no significant difference in P300 amplitude between groups.

## What it means for you

Slower brain responses to stimuli may occur in PMS, which could relate to concentration complaints. The study is small and measured only one brain response, so we don't know if this affects real-world thinking.

60

women studied

30

with PMS

30

without PMS

## About the study

Original title Investigation of auditory potentials and cognitive impairment in premenstrual syndrome Authors Ors CH, Karaman HIO Journal Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology Year 2018 Study design Case-control study Participants 60 What was tested Auditory discrimination task (listening to and identifying tones) Read the paper [doi.org/10.1007/s10072-017-3233-x](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-017-3233-x)

## Topics

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