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The effect of electromagnetic field emitted by a mobile phone on the inhibitory control of saccades
Okano T, Terao Y, Furubayashi T, Yugeta A, Hanajima R, Ugawa Y · 2010
View Original AbstractMobile phone radiation for 30 minutes doesn't impair the brain's ability to control eye movements, based on rigorous testing.
Plain English Summary
Researchers tested whether 30 minutes of mobile phone radiation affects eye movement control, specifically the brain's ability to inhibit unwanted eye movements (saccades). They found no significant effects on inhibitory control - the changes they observed happened equally whether phones were on or off, indicating they were not caused by the electromagnetic fields. This suggests short-term mobile phone exposure doesn't impair this particular brain function.
Why This Matters
This study addresses an important question about mobile phone radiation's effects on brain function, specifically examining whether EMF exposure impairs our ability to control eye movements. The researchers used a rigorous double-blind design that included sham exposure, which is crucial for separating real EMF effects from psychological factors. What makes this study particularly valuable is that the changes they observed occurred equally in both real and fake exposure conditions, demonstrating that 30 minutes of mobile phone radiation doesn't affect saccadic inhibitory control. While this represents just one specific brain function, it adds to our understanding of how acute EMF exposure may or may not affect neural processes. The reality is that we need more studies like this one - well-designed investigations that can definitively separate EMF effects from other factors.
Study Details
To investigate whether exposure to a pulsed high-frequency electromagnetic field (pulsed EMF) emitted by a mobile phone has short-term effects on the inhibitory control of saccades.
A double-blind, counterbalanced crossover study design was employed. We assessed the performance of ...
After EMF or sham exposure, we observed a slight but significant shortening of latency in the CUED a...
Thirty minutes of mobile phone exposure has no significant short-term effect on the inhibitory control of saccades.
Show BibTeX
@article{t_2010_the_effect_of_electromagnetic_2791,
author = {Okano T and Terao Y and Furubayashi T and Yugeta A and Hanajima R and Ugawa Y},
title = {The effect of electromagnetic field emitted by a mobile phone on the inhibitory control of saccades},
year = {2010},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1388245709007585},
}