Hormonal contraceptive use predicts decreased perseverance and therefore performance on some simple and challenging cognitive tasks

Bradshaw, Hannah K.; Mengelkoch, Summer; Hill, Sarah E.

doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2019.104652

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“…In a recent study of competitive persistence, Casto et al (2020) found that women using HCs more broadly (most were oral contraceptive users) had significantly lower task performance than naturally cycling women. Although this finding was not predicted a priori, it is consistent with recent research showing that HC usage reduces persistence in non-competitive cognitive tasks (Bradshaw et al, 2020;Griksiene et al, 2018).…”

Section: Hormonal Contraceptives and Competitive Behaviorsupporting

confidence: 88%

“…In Bradshaw et al, (2020), time spent attempting the unsolvable anagrams (operationally defined as "cognitive persistence") was greater among naturally cycling women compared to women using HCs.…”

Section: Competitive Anagram Taskmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Robakis et al, 2019. Oral contraceptive users have also demonstrated reduced accuracy on mental rotation tasks compared to non-users (Griksiene et al, 2018) and have been shown to spend less time solving challenging cognitive tasksa sign of reduced perseverance (Bradshaw et al, 2020). In the arena of mating psychology, HC use may disrupt sexual desire and mate preferences, as well as negatively affect relationship satisfaction (Malmborg et al, 2016;Mark et al, 2016;for review, Burrows et al, 2012;Hahn, & Cobey, 2019;Welling et al, 2012).…”

Section: Hormonal Contraceptives and Psychological Functioningmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Hormonal Contraceptive Use and Cycle Phase Effects on Competitive Persistence: Progesterone as a Mediating Mechanism (Stage 1 Registered Report)

Kv¹,

Arthur-Hulme²

2021

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Objectives: Increasing evidence suggests that hormonal contraceptive (HC) use adversely effects psychological functioning and competitiveness. HCs expose women to consistently high doses of synthetic progesterone, a hormone that fluctuates across the natural menstrual cycle. We propose to test group differences in competitive persistence between HC users, naturally cycling (NC) women in their low progesterone phase, and NC women in their high progesterone phase. Additionally, we will test salivary progesterone among NC women as a mediator of phase effects on competitiveness.Method: Pre-screening will identify HC users, and naturally cycling women at the two cycle phases. Participants will provide a sample of saliva and complete two behavioral competitiveness tasks. Covariates will also be collected.Predicted Results: We predict that follicular phase NC women will demonstrate longer competitive persistence compared to luteal phase NC women and HC users. Progesterone will positively mediate the effect of cycle phase on competitive persistence among NC women. Conclusions: This research will address the effects of HC use, cycle phase, and progesterone levels on competitive behavior in women. The outcome may be an artifact of female reproductive physiology that is likely adaptive, but potentially detrimental to women’s social and occupational advancement, raising concerns about the social-psychological risks of HC use.

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Section: Hormonal Contraceptives and Competitive Behaviorsupporting

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Section: Competitive Anagram Taskmentioning

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Section: Hormonal Contraceptives and Psychological Functioningmentioning

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Hormonal Contraceptive Use and Cycle Phase Effects on Competitive Persistence: Progesterone as a Mediating Mechanism (Stage 1 Registered Report)

Kv¹,

Arthur-Hulme²

2021

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“…The challenges of FAM have led the majority of those seeking to avoid pregnancy to adopt another form of contraception. Unfortunately, the most widely used method, female hormonal contraception, has short and long term risks for many users, including increased breast cancer rate 3 , 4 , luteal phase deficiency 5 , dysmenorrhea 5 , 6 , altered cognition 7 , 8 , and depressed mood 9 , 10 . These risks, combined with increasing recognition that many physiological systems vary in a structured manner across the menstrual cycle 11 – 14 , provide the impetus to develop FAM approaches that employ high-temporal-resolution, non-invasive measures of physiology.…”

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Ultradian rhythms in heart rate variability and distal body temperature anticipate onset of the luteinizing hormone surge

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Newman

Kriegsfeld

2020

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The menstrual cycle is characterized by predictable patterns of physiological change across timescales. Although patterns of reproductive hormones across the menstrual cycle, particularly ultradian rhythms, are well described, monitoring these measures repeatedly to predict the preovulatory luteinizing hormone (LH) surge is not practical. In the present study, we explored whether non-invasive measures coupled to the reproductive system: high frequency distal body temperature (DBT), sleeping heart rate (HR), sleeping heart rate variability (HRV), and sleep timing, could be used to anticipate the preovulatory LH surge in women. To test this possibility, we used signal processing to examine these measures in 45 premenopausal and 10 perimenopausal cycles alongside dates of supra-surge threshold LH and menstruation. Additionally, urinary estradiol and progesterone metabolites were measured daily surrounding the LH surge in 20 cycles. Wavelet analysis revealed a consistent pattern of DBT and HRV ultradian rhythm (2–5 h) power that uniquely enabled anticipation of the LH surge at least 2 days prior to its onset in 100% of individuals. Together, the present findings reveal fluctuations in distal body temperature and heart rate variability that consistently anticipate the LH surge, suggesting that automated ultradian rhythm monitoring may provide a novel and convenient method for non-invasive fertility assessment.

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“…The challenges of FAM have led the majority of those seeking to avoid pregnancy to adopt another form of contraception. Unfortunately, the most widely used form of contraception, female hormonal contraception, has short and long term risks for many users, including but not limited to increased breast cancer rate (Mørch et al, 2017;Marsden, 2017), luteal phase deficiency (Gnoth et al, 2002), dysmenorrhea (Delbarge et al, 2002;Gnoth et al, 2002), altered cognition (Pletzer & Kerschbaum, 2014;Bradshaw et al, 2020) and depressed mood (Skovlund et al, 2016(Skovlund et al, , 2018. These risks, combined with increasing recognition that physiological systems vary in a structured manner across the menstrual cycle (Brar et al, 2015;Smarr et al, 2016Smarr et al, , 2017Grant et al, 2018), provide the impetus to develop FAM approaches that employ high-temporalresolution, non-invasive measures of physiology.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ultradian Rhythms in Heart Rate Variability and Distal Body Temperature Anticipate the Luteinizing Hormone Surge Onset

Grant

Newman²,

Kriegsfeld

2020

Preprint

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The human menstrual cycle is characterized by predictable patterns of physiological change across timescales, yet non-invasive anticipation of key events is not yet possible at individual resolution. Although patterns of reproductive hormones across the menstrual cycle have been well characterized, monitoring these measures repeatedly to anticipate the preovulatory luteinizing hormone (LH) surge is not practical for fertility awareness. In the present study, we explored whether non-invasive and high frequency measures of distal body temperature (DBT), sleeping heart rate (HR), sleeping heart rate variability (HRV), and sleep timing could be used to anticipate the preovulatory LH surge in women. To test this possibility, we used signal processing to examine these measures across the menstrual cycle. Cycles were examined from both pre- (n=45 cycles) and perimenopausal (n=10 cycles) women using days of supra-surge threshold LH and dates of menstruation for all cycles. For a subset of cycles, urinary estradiol and progesterone metabolites were measured daily around the time of the LH surge. Wavelet analysis revealed a consistent inflection point of ultradian rhythm (2-5 h) power of DBT and HRV that enabled anticipation of the LH surge at least 2 days prior to its onset in 100% of individuals. In contrast, the power of ultradian rhythms in heart rate, circadian rhythms in body temperature, and metrics of sleep duration and sleep timing were not predictive of the LH surge. Together, the present findings reveal fluctuations in distal body temperature and heart rate variability that consistently anticipate the LH surge and may aid in fertility awareness.

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Hormonal contraceptive use predicts decreased perseverance and therefore performance on some simple and challenging cognitive tasks

Cited by 31 publications

References 68 publications

Hormonal Contraceptive Use and Cycle Phase Effects on Competitive Persistence: Progesterone as a Mediating Mechanism (Stage 1 Registered Report)

Hormonal Contraceptive Use and Cycle Phase Effects on Competitive Persistence: Progesterone as a Mediating Mechanism (Stage 1 Registered Report)

Ultradian rhythms in heart rate variability and distal body temperature anticipate onset of the luteinizing hormone surge

Ultradian Rhythms in Heart Rate Variability and Distal Body Temperature Anticipate the Luteinizing Hormone Surge Onset

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