Premenstrual symptoms: a reinterpretation

women's perceived cycle phase was separated experimentally from actual phase; those led to believe they were premenstrual reported significantly more physical symptoms, such as water retention, than those led to believe they were intermenstrual.

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doi:10.1126/science.560058. Abstract read: women's perceived cycle phase was separated experimentally from actual phase; those led to believe they were premenstrual reported significantly more physical symptoms, such as water retention, than those led to believe they were intermenstrual.