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| ID Number | 1817 | |
| Study Type | Human / Provocation | |
| Model | Meta-analysis of mobile phone studies measuring cognitive function and memory in human volunteers. | |
| Details | Meta-analysis of 10 different studies in the RF literature database on mobile phone RF exposure and effects on cognitive function and memory (requirements: performed blind and reporting mean +/- SD). The authors report consistent effects on decreased reaction time in subtraction tests and higher errors and longer reaction time with 2-back working memory tests. AUTHORS' ABSTRACT: Barth et al. 2011 (#5088): During recent years, a large number of studies on the effects of electromagnetic fields emitted by cellular mobile phones on human cognitive performance have been carried out. However, the results have been ambiguous. We carried out the current meta-analysis in order to investigate the impact of electromagnetic fields emitted by mobile phones on human cognition. Seventeen studies were included in the meta-analysis as they fulfill several requirements such as single- or double-blind experimental study design, and documentation of means and standard deviations of dependent variables. The meta-analysis was carried out as a group comparison between exposed and non-exposed subjects. No significant effects of electromagnetic fields emitted by Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) mobile phones were found. Cognitive abilities seem to be neither impaired nor facilitated. Results of the meta-analysis suggest that a substantial short-term impact of high frequency electromagnetic fields emitted by mobile phones on cognitive performance can essentially be ruled out. |
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| Findings | No Effects | |
| Status | Completed With Publication | |
| Principal Investigator | Vienna University of Technology, Austria - barth@imw.tuwien.ac.at | |
| Funding Agency | Private/Instit. | |
| Country | AUSTRIA | |
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