Changes in Colour Discrimination during the Menstrual Cycle

Vol. 221, No. 1, 2007

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Changes in Colour Discrimination during the Menstrual Cycle
Giuseppe Giuffrè^a, Luigi Di Rosa^{a, b}, Fabio Fiorino^b

^aDepartment of Neurology, Ophthalmology and Psychiatry, University Eye Clinic, and
^bDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

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Ophthalmologica 2007;221:47-50 (DOI: 10.1159/000096522)

Key Words

Colour vision
Farnsworth-Munsell 100-hue test
Menstrual cycle
Ovulation

Abstract

A group of normal women of reproductive age were recruited to investigate colour discrimination during the various phases of the menstrual cycle. Colour vision was tested with the Farnsworth-Munsell 100-hue arrangement test, and the test was administered at 3 time points: the beginning of the cycle, ovulation, and the end of the cycle. We found that colour discrimination was better at ovulation than at the other 2 time points. It is possible that psychological as well as hormonal factors could contribute to improved colour vision performance at ovulation.

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Giuseppe Giuffrè, MD
University Eye Clinic
Via L. Giuffrè 13
IT-90127 Palermo (Italy)
Tel. +39 091 655 3999, Fax +39 091 655 3930, E-Mail giuseppe.giuffre@aliceposta.it

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