Acute mobile phone operation affects neural function in humans.
Croft R, Chandler J, Burgess A, Barry R, Williams J, Clarke A. · 2002
View Original AbstractMobile phone use measurably alters brain wave patterns within 20 minutes, with effects intensifying over time during typical phone calls.
Plain English Summary
Australian researchers measured brain activity in 24 people while they used active mobile phones for three 20-minute sessions. They found that phone use changed brain wave patterns in multiple ways - decreasing slow waves on the right side of the brain, increasing faster waves in the back, and altering how the brain responds to sounds. The changes got stronger the longer people were exposed, suggesting that phone radiation directly affects how our brains function.
Why This Matters
This study provides compelling evidence that mobile phone radiation doesn't just heat tissue - it actively alters brain function in measurable ways. The researchers used EEG technology to track brain waves in real time, finding multiple changes that intensified with longer exposure periods. What makes this particularly significant is that these effects occurred during typical phone use, not from extreme laboratory exposures. The study helps explain why earlier EMF research produced conflicting results - the effects are time-dependent, meaning shorter studies might miss them entirely. The reality is that your brain responds to mobile phone radiation within minutes, with changes becoming more pronounced the longer you're exposed. This research adds to a growing body of evidence showing that EMF exposure affects neural function, challenging the industry position that non-thermal effects don't exist.
Exposure Information
Specific exposure levels were not quantified in this study. The study examined exposure from: 900 MHz Duration: continuous for 3 x 20 min
Study Details
The present study suggests that this conflict may be due to methodological differences such as exposure durations, and tests whether exposure to an active MP affects EEG as a function of time.
Twenty-four subjects participated in a single-blind fully counterbalanced cross-over design, where b...
MP exposure altered resting EEG, decreasing 1-4 Hz activity (right hemisphere sites), and increasing...
Active MPs affect neural function in humans and do so as a function of exposure duration. The temporal nature of this effect may contribute to the lack of consistent results reported in the literature.
Show BibTeX
@article{r_2002_acute_mobile_phone_operation_2001,
author = {Croft R and Chandler J and Burgess A and Barry R and Williams J and Clarke A.},
title = {Acute mobile phone operation affects neural function in humans.},
year = {2002},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12350439/},
}