Note: This study found no significant biological effects under its experimental conditions. We include all studies for scientific completeness.
Effects of mobile phone signals over BOLD response while performing a cognitive task
Curcio G, Nardo D, Perrucci MG, Pasqualetti P, Chen TL, Del Gratta C, Romani GL, Rossini PM · 2012
View Original AbstractThis brain imaging study found no acute cognitive effects from 40 minutes of GSM phone exposure, but doesn't address long-term impacts.
Plain English Summary
Italian researchers used brain imaging (fMRI) to study whether 40 minutes of cell phone radiation exposure affects brain activity while people performed cognitive tasks. They compared real GSM phone signals to fake exposure and found no differences in brain activation patterns or reaction times. The study suggests that typical cell phone use doesn't produce detectable changes in brain function during cognitive tasks.
Study Details
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects induced by an exposure to a GSM signal (Global System for Mobile Communication) on brain BOLD (blood-oxygen-level dependent) response, as well as its time course while performing a Go–NoGo task.
Participants were tested twice, once in presence of a “real” exposure to GSM radiofrequency signal a...
RTs to the somatosensory task did not change as a function of exposure (real vs sham) to GSM signal....
The present fMRI study did not detect any brain activity changes by mobile phones. Also RTs in a somatosensory task resulted unaffected
Show BibTeX
@article{g_2012_effects_of_mobile_phone_2743,
author = {Curcio G and Nardo D and Perrucci MG and Pasqualetti P and Chen TL and Del Gratta C and Romani GL and Rossini PM},
title = {Effects of mobile phone signals over BOLD response while performing a cognitive task},
year = {2012},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1388245711004275},
}