After reading something that said her menstrual cycle changes her brain each month, Senior Correspondent Molly Webster goes on a reporting mission to see if that\u2019s true, and, if so, how.<\/p>\n
This journey into sex hormones and the brain involves females and <\/i>males, and exacting self-experimentation. It gets into PTSD, and ends with a new twist on self-care (hint: it\u2019s biological). And, it starts to reveal a sneaky truth: that each one of us<\/i> is at the mercy of a crashing sea of chemicals inside of us \u2013 those things we call hormones.<\/p>\n
Special thanks to Emily Jacobs, <\/i>Laura Pritschet<\/i><\/a>, Pavel Shapturenka, and Dr. Catherine Woolley.<\/i><\/p>\n EPISODE CREDITS:<\/strong> EPISODE CITATIONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n Articles –\u00a0<\/strong> For more on how much variability there is between female and male animals, check out this \u201cgroundbreaking\u201d study, referenced by Emily Jacobs in our episode<\/p>\n Dr. Catherine Woolley has revolutionized the field of neuroscience and sex hormones, here\u2019s more about her work \u2026<\/p>\n Data sets –<\/strong><\/p>\n Audio –\u00a0<\/strong> Signup for our newsletter!! It includes short essays, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show. <\/i>Sign up<\/i><\/a> (https:\/\/radiolab.org\/newsletter)!<\/i><\/p>\n Radiolab is supported by listeners like you. Support Radiolab by becoming a member of <\/i>The Lab<\/i><\/a> (https:\/\/members.radiolab.org\/) today.<\/i><\/p>\n Follow our show on <\/i>Instagram<\/i><\/a>, <\/i>Twitter<\/i><\/a> and <\/i>Facebook<\/i><\/a> @radiolab, and share your thoughts with us by emailing <\/i>radiolab@wnyc.org<\/i><\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n Leadership support for Radiolab\u2019s science programming is provided by the Simons Foundation and the John Templeton Foundation. Foundational support for Radiolab was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.<\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\n Hosted by – Molly Webster
\n Reported by – Molly Webster
\n Produced by – Mona Madgavkar
\n with help from – Molly Webster
\n Fact-checking by – Diane A. Kelly<\/p>\n
\n **The experiments we feature in this episode are called: 28andMe, 28andOC, and 28andHe, all of which took place at Emily Jacobs lab at the University of California, Santa Barbara.**\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n\n
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\n In the episode, we mention Dr. Russ Poldrack and the Midnight Scan Club, as inspo for self-experimentation<\/p>\n\n
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