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No increased sensitivity in brain activity of adolescents exposed to mobile phone-like emissions
Loughran SP, Benz DC, Schmid MR, Murbach M, Kuster N, Achermann P. · 2013
View Original AbstractAdolescents showed no immediate brain or cognitive effects from 30-minute cell phone radiation exposure at typical usage levels.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed 22 adolescents (ages 11-13) to cell phone-like radiation at two different power levels for 30 minutes while measuring brain activity and cognitive performance. They found no significant effects on brain waves or thinking abilities compared to fake exposure sessions. This suggests adolescents may not be more sensitive to mobile phone radiation than previously thought.
Study Details
To examine the potential sensitivity of adolescents to radiofrequency electromagnetic field (RF EMF) exposures, such as those emitted by mobile phones.
In a double-blind, randomized, crossover design, 22 adolescents aged 11–13 years (12 males) underwen...
No clear significant effects of RF EMF exposure were found on the waking EEG or cognitive performanc...
Overall, the current study was unable to demonstrate exposure-related effects previously observed on the waking EEG in adults, and also provides further support for a lack of an influence of mobile phone-like exposure on cognitive performance.
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@article{sp_2013_no_increased_sensitivity_in_2782,
author = {Loughran SP and Benz DC and Schmid MR and Murbach M and Kuster N and Achermann P. },
title = {No increased sensitivity in brain activity of adolescents exposed to mobile phone-like emissions},
year = {2013},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1388245713000515},
}