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Preattentive auditory information processing under exposure to the 902 MHz GSM mobile phone electromagnetic field: A mismatch negativity (MMN) study

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Kwon MS, Kujala T, Huotilainen M, Shestakova A, Näätänen R, Hämäläinen H · 2009

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GSM phone radiation at typical use levels showed no immediate effects on the brain's automatic sound processing abilities.

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Finnish researchers tested whether GSM mobile phone radiation affects the brain's ability to automatically detect changes in sounds, a key function for processing speech and music. They measured brain responses in 17 healthy adults while exposing them to 902 MHz radiation at levels typical of cell phone use (SAR up to 1.21 W/kg). The study found no changes in the brain's automatic sound processing abilities during EMF exposure.

Study Details

To study preattentive auditory information processing under exposure to the 902 MHz GSM mobile phone electromagnetic field

In this study, MMN responses to duration, intensity, frequency, and gap changes were recorded in hea...

An MMN was elicited by all deviant types, while its amplitude and latency showed no significant diff...

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Kwon MS, Kujala T, Huotilainen M, Shestakova A, Näätänen R, Hämäläinen H (2009). Preattentive auditory information processing under exposure to the 902 MHz GSM mobile phone electromagnetic field: A mismatch negativity (MMN) study Bioelectromagnetics. 30(3):241-248, 2009.
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@article{ms_2009_preattentive_auditory_information_processing_2780,
  author = {Kwon MS and Kujala T and Huotilainen M and Shestakova A and Näätänen R and Hämäläinen H},
  title = {Preattentive auditory information processing under exposure to the 902 MHz GSM mobile phone electromagnetic field: A mismatch negativity (MMN) study},
  year = {2009},
  doi = {10.1002/bem.20470},
  url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/bem.20470},
}

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Finnish researchers tested whether GSM mobile phone radiation affects the brain's ability to automatically detect changes in sounds, a key function for processing speech and music. They measured brain responses in 17 healthy adults while exposing them to 902 MHz radiation at levels typical of cell phone use (SAR up to 1.21 W/kg). The study found no changes in the brain's automatic sound processing abilities during EMF exposure.