Leung, Sumie and Croft, Rodney J and McKenzie, Ray J and Iskra, Steve and Silber, Beata and Cooper, Nicholas R and O'Neill, Barry and Cropley, Vanessa and Diaz-Trujillo, Arnulfo and Hamblin, Denise and Simpson, David (2011) Effects of 2G and 3G mobile phones on performance and electrophysiology in adolescents, young adults and older adults. Clinical Neurophysiology, 122 (11). pp. 2203-2216. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2011.04.006
Leung, Sumie and Croft, Rodney J and McKenzie, Ray J and Iskra, Steve and Silber, Beata and Cooper, Nicholas R and O'Neill, Barry and Cropley, Vanessa and Diaz-Trujillo, Arnulfo and Hamblin, Denise and Simpson, David (2011) Effects of 2G and 3G mobile phones on performance and electrophysiology in adolescents, young adults and older adults. Clinical Neurophysiology, 122 (11). pp. 2203-2216. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2011.04.006
Leung, Sumie and Croft, Rodney J and McKenzie, Ray J and Iskra, Steve and Silber, Beata and Cooper, Nicholas R and O'Neill, Barry and Cropley, Vanessa and Diaz-Trujillo, Arnulfo and Hamblin, Denise and Simpson, David (2011) Effects of 2G and 3G mobile phones on performance and electrophysiology in adolescents, young adults and older adults. Clinical Neurophysiology, 122 (11). pp. 2203-2216. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2011.04.006
Abstract
Objective This study examined sensory and cognitive processing in adolescents, young adults and older adults, when exposed to 2nd (2G) and 3rd (3G) generation mobile phone signals. Methods Tests employed were the auditory 3-stimulus oddball and the N-back. Forty-one 13-15 year olds, forty-two 19-40 year olds and twenty 55-70 year olds were tested using a double-blind cross-over design, where each participant received Sham, 2G and 3G exposures, separated by at least 4 days. Results 3-Stimulus oddball task: Behavioural: accuracy and reaction time of responses to targets were not affected by exposure. Electrophysiological: augmented N1 was found in the 2G condition (independent of age group). N-back task: Behavioural: the combined groups performed less accurately during the 3G exposure (compared to Sham), with post hoc tests finding this effect separately in the adolescents only. Electrophysiological: delayed ERD/ERS responses of the alpha power were found in both 3G and 2G conditions (compared to Sham; independent of age group). Conclusion Employing tasks tailored to each individual's ability level, this study provides support for an effect of acute 2G and 3G exposure on human cognitive function. Significance The subtlety of mobile phone effect on cognition in our study suggests that it is important to account for individual differences in future mobile phone research.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aging; Brain; Cell Phone; Cognition; Cognition Disorders; Computer Simulation; Cross-Over Studies; Double-Blind Method; Electromagnetic Fields; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Models, Neurological; Young Adult |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology T Technology > T Technology (General) |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Psychology, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 24 Nov 2011 10:11 |
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 19:44 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/1488 |
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