Note: This study found no significant biological effects under its experimental conditions. We include all studies for scientific completeness.
Does acute exposure to mobile phones affect human attention?
Russo R, Fox E, Cinel C, Boldini A, Defeyter MA, Mirshekar-Syahkal D, Mehta A · 2006
View Original AbstractThis study found no immediate cognitive impairment from mobile phone signals during brief exposure in laboratory conditions.
Plain English Summary
Researchers tested 168 people on attention and cognitive tasks while exposed to mobile phone signals (both GSM and continuous wave) versus fake signals. They found no significant differences in performance on reaction time, vigilance, or mental math tasks regardless of which type of signal participants were exposed to or which side of the head the phone was positioned on.
Study Details
In our study we tested a large sample of volunteers (168) using a series of cognitive tasks apparently sensitive to RF exposure (a simple reaction task, a vigilance task, and a subtraction task).
Participants performed those tasks twice, in two different sessions. In one session they were expos...
No significant effects of RF exposure on performance for either GSM or CW were found, independent of...
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@article{r_2006_does_acute_exposure_to_3342,
author = {Russo R and Fox E and Cinel C and Boldini A and Defeyter MA and Mirshekar-Syahkal D and Mehta A},
title = {Does acute exposure to mobile phones affect human attention?},
year = {2006},
url = {http://repository.essex.ac.uk/13086/},
}