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Short‐term exposure to mobile phone base station signals does not affect cognitive functioning or physiological measures in individuals who report sensitivity to electromagnetic fields and controls
Eltiti S, Wallace D, Ridgewell A, Zougkou K, Russo R, Sepulveda F, Fox E · 2009
View Original AbstractShort-term cell tower exposure at typical environmental levels showed no measurable effects on brain function or physical responses.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed 88 people (including those who claimed to be sensitive to electromagnetic fields) to cell tower signals for 50 minutes while they performed memory and attention tests. The study found no effects on cognitive performance or physiological measures like heart rate and skin conductance in either sensitive or control participants. This suggests that short-term exposure to typical cell tower radiation levels doesn't impair brain function or cause detectable physical responses.
Study Details
The aim of the present study was to clarify whether short‐term (50 min) exposure at 10 mW/m2 to typical Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) base station signals affects attention, memory, and physiological endpoints in sensitive and control participants
Data from 44 sensitive and 44 matched‐control participants who performed the digit symbol substituti...
Overall, cognitive functioning was not affected by short‐term exposure to either GSM or UMTS signals...
Show BibTeX
@article{s_2009_shortterm_exposure_to_mobile_2750,
author = {Eltiti S and Wallace D and Ridgewell A and Zougkou K and Russo R and Sepulveda F and Fox E},
title = {Short‐term exposure to mobile phone base station signals does not affect cognitive functioning or physiological measures in individuals who report sensitivity to electromagnetic fields and controls},
year = {2009},
doi = {10.1002/bem.20504},
url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/bem.20504},
}