The dataset of female nurses' cognitive performance across the menstrual cycle

Thus, female nurses attended three behavior test sessions during menses, late-follicular, and mid-luteal phases. The starting session was counterbalanced among participants.

For each test session, participants first rated their negative emotions of the past week. Then, they completed a ~50 minutes mini-computerized cognitive battery, including inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, divided attention, and working memory.The attached Excel data file includes six sheets.“participant” sheet: NASA TLX subscale score and total scores for the nursing job. “DASS-21” sheet: depression, anxiety, and stress scores in each cycle phase.“SpatialStroop” sheet: Error rate and reaction time measures of spatial Stroop task in each cycle phase.“task switch” sheet: Error rate and reaction time measures of task switch task in each cycle phase.“working memory” sheet: The K, A, and G estimation of multiple change detection task.“divided attention” sheet: The sensitivity and reaction time measure of the divided attention task.