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This contradicts the observation that males generally out-perform females in spatial navigation and tasks involving spatial memory. A closer look at the vast number of studies actually reveals that performance differences are not so clear.To help clarify the unclear performance differences between men and women and the role of estrogen, we attempted to isolate organizational from activational effects of estrogen on spatial navigation and memory.In a double-blind, placebo-controlled study, we tested the effects of orally administered estradiol valerate (E2V) in healthy, young women in their low-hormone menstrual cycle phase, compared to healthy, young men. Participants performed several first-person, environmentally rich, 3-D computer games inspired by spatial navigation and memory paradigms in animal research.We found navigation behavior suggesting that sex effects dominated any E2 effects with men performing better with allocentric strategies and women with egocentric strategies. Increased E2 levels did not lead to general improvements in spatial ability in either sex but to behavioral changes reflecting navigation flexibility.Estrogen-driven differences in spatial cognition might be better characterized on a spectrum of navigation flexibility rather than by categorical performance measures or skills. 000268844 536__ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353$$a353 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353)$$cPOF4-353$$fPOF IV$$x0 000268844 588__ $$aDataset connected to CrossRef, PubMed, , Journals: pub.dzne.de 000268844 650_2 $$2MeSH$$aAnimals 000268844 650_2 $$2MeSH$$aFemale 000268844 650_2 $$2MeSH$$aHumans 000268844 650_2 $$2MeSH$$aMale 000268844 650_2 $$2MeSH$$aEstradiol: pharmacology 000268844 650_2 $$2MeSH$$aEstrogens: pharmacology 000268844 650_2 $$2MeSH$$aSpatial Memory 000268844 650_2 $$2MeSH$$aSpatial Navigation 000268844 650_2 $$2MeSH$$aDouble-Blind Method 000268844 650_7 $$04TI98Z838E$$2NLM Chemicals$$aEstradiol 000268844 650_7 $$2Other$$aEstrogen 000268844 650_7 $$2Other$$aGender differences 000268844 650_7 $$2Other$$aSex differences 000268844 650_7 $$2Other$$aSpatial memory 000268844 650_7 $$2Other$$aSpatial navigation 000268844 650_7 $$2NLM Chemicals$$aEstrogens 000268844 7001_ $$aNavarro-Schröder, Tobias$$b1 000268844 7001_ $$0P:(DE-2719)2810753$$aAchtzehn, Johannes$$b2 000268844 7001_ $$aMoffat, Scott$$b3 000268844 7001_ $$aHennies, Nora$$b4 000268844 7001_ $$aFuß, Johannes$$b5 000268844 7001_ $$aDöller, Christian$$b6 000268844 7001_ $$0P:(DE-2719)2810583$$aWolbers, Thomas$$b7 000268844 7001_ $$aSommer, Tobias$$b8 000268844 773__ $$0PERI:(DE-600)2066933-1$$a10.1007/s00213-024-06539-3$$n5$$p1037 - 1063$$tPsychopharmacology$$v241$$x0033-3158$$y2024 000268844 8564_ $$uhttps://pub.dzne.de/record/268844/files/DZNE-2024-00348.pdf$$yOpenAccess 000268844 8564_ $$uhttps://pub.dzne.de/record/268844/files/DZNE-2024-00348.pdf?subformat=pdfa$$xpdfa$$yOpenAccess 000268844 909CO $$ooai:pub.dzne.de:268844$$pdnbdelivery$$pdriver$$pVDB$$popen_access$$popenaire 000268844 9101_ $$0I:(DE-588)1065079516$$6P:(DE-2719)2810583$$aDeutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen$$b7$$kDZNE 000268844 9131_ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353$$1G:(DE-HGF)POF4-350$$2G:(DE-HGF)POF4-300$$3G:(DE-HGF)POF4$$4G:(DE-HGF)POF$$aDE-HGF$$bGesundheit$$lNeurodegenerative Diseases$$vClinical and Health Care Research$$x0 000268844 9141_ $$y2024 000268844 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0200$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bSCOPUS$$d2023-10-24 000268844 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0160$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bEssential Science Indicators$$d2023-10-24 000268844 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)1050$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bBIOSIS Previews$$d2023-10-24 000268844 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)1190$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bBiological Abstracts$$d2023-10-24 000268844 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0600$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bEbsco Academic Search$$d2023-10-24 000268844 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0100$$2StatID$$aJCR$$bPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY : 2022$$d2023-10-24 000268844 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)1030$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bCurrent Contents - Life Sciences$$d2023-10-24 000268844 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0113$$2StatID$$aWoS$$bScience Citation Index Expanded$$d2023-10-24 000268844 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)3002$$2StatID$$aDEAL Springer$$d2023-10-24$$wger 000268844 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0150$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bWeb of Science Core Collection$$d2023-10-24 000268844 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)9900$$2StatID$$aIF < 5$$d2023-10-24 000268844 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0510$$2StatID$$aOpenAccess 000268844 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0030$$2StatID$$aPeer Review$$bASC$$d2023-10-24 000268844 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0300$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bMedline$$d2023-10-24 000268844 915__ $$0LIC:(DE-HGF)CCBY4$$2HGFVOC$$aCreative Commons Attribution CC BY 4.0 000268844 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0199$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bClarivate Analytics Master Journal List$$d2023-10-24 000268844 9201_ $$0I:(DE-2719)1310002$$kAG Wolbers$$lAging, Cognition and Technology$$x0 000268844 980__ $$ajournal 000268844 980__ $$aVDB 000268844 980__ $$aUNRESTRICTED 000268844 980__ $$aI:(DE-2719)1310002 000268844 9801_ $$aFullTexts