Note: This study found no significant biological effects under its experimental conditions. We include all studies for scientific completeness.
Republished review: systematic review and meta-analysis of psychomotor effects of mobile phone electromagnetic fields.
Valentini E, Ferrara M, Presaghi F, De Gennaro L, Curcio G. · 2011
View Original AbstractMobile phone radiation showed no cognitive effects in this analysis, but industry-funded studies were biased toward finding no harm.
Plain English Summary
Italian researchers analyzed 24 studies to determine if mobile phone radiation affects thinking skills and reaction times. Their meta-analysis found no significant cognitive or psychomotor effects from mobile phone-like electromagnetic fields. However, they discovered that studies funded by the wireless industry were more likely to show no effects, while studies with mixed funding sources sometimes found small impacts on working memory tasks.
Study Details
The aim of this study is to investigate systematic review and meta-analysis of psychomotor effects of mobile phone electromagnetic fields.
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Only three tasks (2-back, 3-back and simple reaction time (SRT)) displayed significant heterogeneity...
Mobile phone-like EMF do not seem to induce cognitive and psychomotor effects. Nonetheless, the existence of sponsorship and publication biases should encourage WHO intervention to develop official research standards and guidelines. In addition, future research should address critical and neglected issues such as investigation of repeated, intensive and chronic exposures, especially in highly sensitive populations such as children.
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@article{e_2011_republished_review_systematic_review_3462,
author = {Valentini E and Ferrara M and Presaghi F and De Gennaro L and Curcio G.},
title = {Republished review: systematic review and meta-analysis of psychomotor effects of mobile phone electromagnetic fields.},
year = {2011},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21862503/},
}