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The effect of electromagnetic field emitted by a mobile phone on the inhibitory control of saccades.

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Okano T, Terao Y, Furubayashi T, Yugeta A, Hanajima R, Ugawa Y. · 2010

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Thirty minutes of mobile phone exposure showed no effect on brain's eye movement control, with identical results in real and fake exposure groups.

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Researchers tested whether 30 minutes of mobile phone exposure affects eye movement control, specifically the brain's ability to suppress unwanted eye movements (called saccades). They found no significant effects on this type of brain function after exposure. Both real phone exposure and fake exposure produced similar small changes in eye movement patterns, suggesting the changes were unrelated to the electromagnetic fields.

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.

Cite This Study
Okano T, Terao Y, Furubayashi T, Yugeta A, Hanajima R, Ugawa Y. (2010). The effect of electromagnetic field emitted by a mobile phone on the inhibitory control of saccades. Clin Neurophysiol.121(4):603-611, 2010.
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@article{t_2010_the_effect_of_electromagnetic_3281,
  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},
}

Quick Questions About This Study

No, 30 minutes of mobile phone exposure does not significantly affect your brain's ability to control eye movements. A 2010 study found that both real phone exposure and fake exposure produced similar small changes in eye movement patterns, indicating the electromagnetic fields weren't responsible for any effects observed.
Cell phone radiation does not impair saccade inhibition according to research testing this specific brain function. The study found no significant effects on the brain's ability to suppress unwanted eye movements after 30 minutes of mobile phone exposure, with similar results occurring during both real and sham exposure conditions.
Phone EMF exposure does not appear to affect brain reflexes controlling eye movements, even after 30 minutes of continuous exposure. Research specifically testing inhibitory control of saccades found no significant short-term effects from mobile phone electromagnetic fields on this type of automatic brain response.
Mobile phone EMF does not change prosaccade frequency according to controlled testing. Researchers found that the frequency of prosaccades (automatic eye movements toward targets) remained unchanged after both real and sham mobile phone exposure, indicating electromagnetic fields don't affect this specific eye movement behavior.
Phone radiation does not specifically alter saccade velocity and amplitude measurements. While researchers observed decreased saccade velocities and amplitudes after exposure, identical changes occurred during sham exposure, proving the electromagnetic fields themselves weren't causing these minor eye movement modifications in the 2010 study.