Acute mobile phone effects on pre-attentive operation

Papageorgiou, Charalabos; Nanou, Eleni D.; Tsiafakis, Vassilis G.; Kapareliotis, E.; Kontoangelos, Konstantinos; Capsalis, Christos N.; Rabavilas, Andreas D.; Soldatos, Constantin R.

doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2005.12.001

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“…b Cognitive domain decline: at least a 1.5 SD drop during the follow-up period. Papageorgiou et al, 2006]. The enhanced performance on attention and working memory tasks associated with digital mobile phone use observed in the present study, although not statistically significant, is consistent with these experimental findings.…”

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“…These studies have reported mixed results of both impaired and no significant effects on cognitive functioning [Haarala et al, 2003[Haarala et al, , 2004[Haarala et al, , 2005[Haarala et al, , 2007Besset et al, 2005;Keetley et al, 2006;Regel et al, 2006;Russo et al, 2006;Lewis, 2007;Cinel et al, 2008;Eltiti et al, 2009]. Others have reported small facilitatory effects of acute EMF exposure on attention and/or working memory processes [Preece et al, 1999;Koivisto et al, 2000;Lee et al, 2001Lee et al, , 2003Edelstyn and Oldershaw, 2002;Papageorgiou et al, 2006].…”

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Long‐term digital mobile phone use and cognitive decline in the elderly

Lim

Niti

et al. 2011

Bioelectromagnetics

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Research on long-term exposure to electromagnetic fields on cognition is lacking. We investigated the associations between frequent digital mobile phone use and global and domain-specific cognitive changes in older persons, a vulnerable group experiencing age-associated cognitive decline. We assessed 871 non-demented Chinese participants in the Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Studies cohort on the frequency of digital mobile phone use, neurocognitive performance and confounding variables at baseline, and neurocognitive performance at the 4-year follow-up. Findings showed that digital mobile phone users were typically self-selected to possess characteristics favoring better cognitive functioning and concomitantly demonstrate better performance on cognitive tasks. There was evidently no significant deleterious effect of digital mobile phone use on cognitive functioning in older people. Findings suggest, however, that digital mobile phone use may have an independent facilitating effect on global and executive functioning.

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Long‐term digital mobile phone use and cognitive decline in the elderly

Lim

Niti

et al. 2011

Bioelectromagnetics

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“…Moreover, the study by Hietanen et al [2000] did not satisfy criteria (c) and (d). Furthermore, Papageorgiou et al [2004] failed to meet criteria (a), (c) and (d) whereas in their subsequent study [Papageorgiou et al, 2006] criteria (a) and (c) were not satisfied. Two studies did not satisfy any of the inclusive criteria [Kramarenko and Tan, 2003;Monnery et al, 2004].…”

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Neurophysiological effects of mobile phone electromagnetic fields on humans: A comprehensive review

Valentini¹,

Curcio²,

Moroni³

et al. 2007

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In recent years a growing number of people have begun to use mobile phone technology. This phenomenon has raised questions and doubts about possible effects on users' brains. This literature review focuses on the human electrophysiological and neuro-metabolic effects of mobile phone (MP)-related electromagnetic fields (EMFs) published in the last 10 years. To this end, all relevant papers have been reported and, subsequently, a literature selection has been carried out by taking several criteria into account, such as: blind techniques, randomization or counter-balancing of conditions and subjects, detail of exposure characteristics and the statistical analyses used. As a result, only the studies meeting the selection criteria have been described, evaluated and discussed further. The main goal of this review is to provide a clear scenario of the most reliable experiments carried out over the last decade and to offer a critical point of view in their evaluation. It is concluded that MP-EMFs may influence normal physiology through changes in cortical excitability and that in future research particular care should be dedicated to both methodological and statistical control, the most relevant criteria in this research field.

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“…The neuro-physiological background of the elongation of reaction time in both situations, when using a mobile phone or just hearing it ringing, still remains unclear [12]. Some authors pointed to the negative effects of electromagnetic radiation emitted by phones on the pre-attentive information processing in the tested subjects [15]. Although the neurological basis of the observed phenomena seems to be complex, it can be pointed out that some processes are not involved.…”

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Cell phone ringtone, but not landline phone ringtone, affects complex reaction time

Zajdel¹,

Zajdel²,

Śmigielski³

et al. 2013

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

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Introduction: Legislation systems of most countries prohibited using the handheld mobile phone while driving due to the fact that it disturbs concentration and causes hand involvement. Every phone owner is accustomed to the ringtone of his phone and almost involuntarily endeavors to pick it up or check who calls. This engages one's psychomotor skills, which in our opinion contributes to the attenuation of reaction time needed for performing other crucial functions. Objectives: The aim of the study was: (1) to evaluate the influence of the sound of a ringing mobile phone on the complex reaction time (RT) score in healthy subjects (owners), and (2) to check if there are any differences in RT when a landline phone and mobile phone ring. Methods: To assess RT we used our system and protocol of examination, previously validated. The examination conditions were standardized. All tests were performed in the same room with the same light and general acoustic conditions. The test group consisted of 23 women and 24 men, aged 19-24 years. The examination comprised 4 sessions: Training Session (TS) during which the subjects were accustomed with the application and sample stimuli, Control Session (CS) with no telephone ringing, Landline Session (LS) with landline phone ringing, Mobile Session (MS) with mobile phone ringing. Results: The median RT in the study population was significantly elongated (p < 0.001) in MS. In women and in men RTs were significantly longer in MS than in CS and non-significantly longer than in LS. Reaction times in CS, LS and MS were longer in women, however the differences were not significant (p > 0.05). Conclusions: We think that the specific 'bond' between a person and their private phone can significantly disrupt their attention and thus affect the attention-demanding activities.

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Acute mobile phone effects on pre-attentive operation

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Long‐term digital mobile phone use and cognitive decline in the elderly

Long‐term digital mobile phone use and cognitive decline in the elderly

Neurophysiological effects of mobile phone electromagnetic fields on humans: A comprehensive review

Cell phone ringtone, but not landline phone ringtone, affects complex reaction time

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