Archive · 27 May 2025
IIT Bombay Study: PCOS Impacts Alertness and Reaction Time
A study at IIT Bombay looked at how Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) might affect how well women can pay attention.
PCOS can cause problems with hormones.
The study found that women with PCOS were slower to react and made more errors when focusing on tasks, which is important for things like studying or working.
This suggests that PCOS might affect the brain's ability to concentrate and handle multiple tasks, like remembering directions.
Study indicates hormonal imbalances in PCOS lead to decreased alertness.
Women with PCOS showed slower response times on focused attention tasks.
Accuracy decreased by approximately 10% and speed by 56% on focused attention tasks.
Divided attention tasks were also affected, leading to more errors.
Researchers used Flanker and Posner Cueing tasks to assess attention.
- Who
- Maitreyi Redkar and Azizuddin Khan at IIT Bombay
- What
- Study on PCOS's impact on focused and divided attention.
- When
- May 27, 2025
- Where
- IIT Bombay
- Why
- To understand the effects of PCOS on cognitive abilities.
- Study Focus
- PCOS impact on attention
- Participants
- 173 women
- PCOS Group
- 101 women
- Healthy Group
- 72 women
- Findings
- Slower reaction times and reduced accuracy in focused and divided attention for PCOS women.
- Published
- May 27, 2025
