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Mobile phones modulate response patterns of human brain activity.

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Eulitz, C, Ullsperger, P, Freude, G, Elbert ,T · 1998

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PEMF exposure alters induced but not evoked brain activity in higher frequency bands when subjects process task-relevant target stimuli.

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The study aimed to investigate how mobile phones modulate response patterns of human brain activity. The researchers found that pulsed high-frequency electromagnetic fields from mobile phones alter induced but not evoked brain activity in higher frequency bands during processing of task-relevant target stimuli, with no effect for irrelevant standard stimuli. The authors suggest that PEMF exposure may provide a means to systematically alter pattern fluctuations in neural mass activity.

Why This Matters

Mobile phones emit a pulsed high-frequency electromagnetic field that may penetrate the scalp and skull. There is increasing interest in the interaction of this pulsed microwave radiation with the human brain.

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The aim of this study is to investigate Mobile phones modulate response patterns of human brain activity.

Our investigations show that these electromagnetic fields alter distinct aspects of the brain's elec...

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Eulitz, C, Ullsperger, P, Freude, G, Elbert ,T (1998). Mobile phones modulate response patterns of human brain activity. Neuroreport 9(14):3229-3232, 1998.
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@article{eulitz_1998_mobile_phones_modulate_response_2069,
  author = {Eulitz and C and Ullsperger and P and Freude and G and Elbert  andT},
  title = {Mobile phones modulate response patterns of human brain activity.},
  year = {1998},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9831456/},
}
PubMed: 9831456

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The study aimed to investigate how mobile phones modulate response patterns of human brain activity.
Mobile phones emit a pulsed high-frequency electromagnetic field (PEMF) that may penetrate the scalp and skull.
PEMF exposure altered induced but not evoked brain activity in higher frequency bands during processing of task-relevant target stimuli, with no effect for irrelevant standard stimuli.
The authors suggest that PEMF exposure may provide a means to systematically alter pattern fluctuations in neural mass activity.
The effect was not present for irrelevant standard stimuli.