Vol. 30 (1) 2009 Neuro endocrinology letters

Missing evidence for the effect one-week phytoestrogen-rich diet on mental rotation in two dimensions.

INTRODUCTION: It is well known that men outperform women in tests of spatial cognition, such as mental rotation, and that performance in these tasks is influenced by sexual hormones. Phytoestrogens are plant substances chemically similar to estradiol, capable of binding estrogen receptors. In a previous study, one-week phytoestrogen-ric.....