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Old Tue, Jun-09-09, 13:36
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Default Well this explains a lot: Menopause Transition May Cause Trouble Learning

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ScienceDaily (May 26, 2009) — The largest study of its kind to date shows that women may not be able to learn as well shortly before menopause compared to other stages in life. The research is published in the May 26, 2009, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/release...90525173427.htm

I've definitely noticed I'm having a harder time learning new stuff.
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Old Mon, Jun-22-09, 06:36
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I can see why taking hormones during peri-meno made for better thinking/test scores: a woman's brain is full of estrogen receptors. Wall-to-wall estrogen receptors! (Yeah that was a highly technical term :-)

Very intereting article.Thanks for sharing it!
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