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Multisensory integration across the menstrual cycle

Evidence suggests that spatial processing changes across time in naturally cycling women, which is likely due to neuromodulatory effects of steroid hormones. Yet, it is unknown whether crossmodal spatial processes depend on steroid hormones as well. In the present experiment, the crossmodal congruen...

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Autores principales: Ocklenburg, Sebastian, Wolf, Claudia C., Heed, Tobias, Ball, Anna, Cramer, Holger, Röder, Brigitte, Güntürkün, Onur
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3781309/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24069015
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00666
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author Ocklenburg, Sebastian
Wolf, Claudia C.
Heed, Tobias
Ball, Anna
Cramer, Holger
Röder, Brigitte
Güntürkün, Onur
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description Evidence suggests that spatial processing changes across time in naturally cycling women, which is likely due to neuromodulatory effects of steroid hormones. Yet, it is unknown whether crossmodal spatial processes depend on steroid hormones as well. In the present experiment, the crossmodal congruency task was used to assess visuo-tactile interactions in naturally cycling women, women using hormonal contraceptives and men. Participants adopted either a crossed or uncrossed hands posture. It was tested whether a postural effect of hand crossing on multisensory interactions in the crossmodal congruency task is modulated by women's cycle phase. We found that visuotactile interactions changed according to cycle phase. Naturally cycling women showed a significant difference between the menstrual and the luteal phase for crossed, but not for uncrossed hands postures. The two control groups showed no test sessions effects. Regression analysis revealed a positive relation between estradiol levels and the size of crossmodal congruency effects (CCE), indicating that estradiol seems to have a neuromodulatory effect on posture processing.
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spelling pubmed-37813092013-09-25 Multisensory integration across the menstrual cycle Ocklenburg, Sebastian Wolf, Claudia C. Heed, Tobias Ball, Anna Cramer, Holger Röder, Brigitte Güntürkün, Onur Front Psychol Psychology Evidence suggests that spatial processing changes across time in naturally cycling women, which is likely due to neuromodulatory effects of steroid hormones. Yet, it is unknown whether crossmodal spatial processes depend on steroid hormones as well. In the present experiment, the crossmodal congruency task was used to assess visuo-tactile interactions in naturally cycling women, women using hormonal contraceptives and men. Participants adopted either a crossed or uncrossed hands posture. It was tested whether a postural effect of hand crossing on multisensory interactions in the crossmodal congruency task is modulated by women's cycle phase. We found that visuotactile interactions changed according to cycle phase. Naturally cycling women showed a significant difference between the menstrual and the luteal phase for crossed, but not for uncrossed hands postures. The two control groups showed no test sessions effects. Regression analysis revealed a positive relation between estradiol levels and the size of crossmodal congruency effects (CCE), indicating that estradiol seems to have a neuromodulatory effect on posture processing. Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-09-24 /pmc/articles/PMC3781309/ /pubmed/24069015 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00666 Text en Copyright © 2013 Ocklenburg, Wolf, Heed, Ball, Cramer, Röder and Güntürkün. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Röder, Brigitte
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Multisensory integration across the menstrual cycle
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3781309/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24069015
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00666
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