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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 increased brain sensitivity to mobile phone radiation compared to adults in this controlled study.
Plain English Summary
Swiss researchers exposed 22 adolescents (ages 11-13) to mobile phone-like radiofrequency radiation at two different intensities and measured their brain activity and cognitive performance. They found no significant effects on brain waves or thinking abilities compared to sham exposure. This suggests that teenagers are not more sensitive to cell phone radiation than adults, contrary to some concerns about developing brains being more vulnerable.
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. Adolescents do not appear to be more sensitive than adults to mobile phone RF EMF emissions.
Show BibTeX
@article{sp_2013_no_increased_sensitivity_in_3210,
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://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23428307/},
}