36 participants (half male, aged 18-52) participated in 4 test sessions separated by a period of at least 7 days: 1) preliminary calibration session, 2) sham exposure, 3) exposure to 1 W/kg, 4) exposure to 2 W/kg.
sXh920 planar exposure system was used; 2 RFantennas placed on wooden pillars were positioned 42 mm vertically above the ear canal at a distance of 115 mm from the head; only the left hemisphere was exposed to RF and participants were not made aware of which antenna was emitting; brown noise was used to mask any sounds made by the exposure system; subjects were covered with a water perfusion garment to clamp body skin temperature to 34°C
Loughran SP et al.
(2013):
No increased sensitivity in brain activity of adolescents exposed to mobile phone-like emissions.
Murbach M et al.
(2012):
Exposure system to study hypotheses of ELF and RF electromagnetic field interactions of mobile phones with the central nervous system.
Huber R et al.
(2005):
Exposure to pulse-modulated radio frequency electromagnetic fields affects regional cerebral blood flow.
Huber R et al.
(2002):
Electromagnetic fields, such as those from mobile phones, alter regional cerebral blood flow and sleep and waking EEG.
cognitive/behavioral endpoints: visual discrimination (accuracy and reaction time, discrimination of thickness of crossed white lines), working memory (accuracy and reaction time, modified method of Sternberg, memorizing a set of letters and recalling whether a subsequently shown letter belonged to the set)
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australia
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), USA
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