My wife works in the neuroscience field and has done research in this very topic. A few general thoughts she's expressed in the past: (1) Research often dismi

My wife works in the neuroscience field and has done research in this very topic. A few general thoughts she's expressed in the past: (1) Research often dismisses the sexual cycles as insignificant or play it down significantly, then generalize behavior they observe during experiments... without controlling for cycles. (2) Because of this I know she (and many others) will dismiss observational studies without replication. (3) Studying females requires extra care -- experiments involving females, should measure the cycle of each mouse to keep a record