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Chapter 57
Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior
The result of the irradiation exposure on, more generally, any cognitive activity measured by laboratory tasks.
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Mobile Phones-Like Electromagnetic Fields Effects on Human Psychomotor Performance
Elia Valentini (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy) and Giuseppe Curcio (University of L'Aquila, Italy)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 11
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8239-9.ch057
Abstract
Nowadays nearly more than half of human beings on the planet are directly or indirectly exposed to an “evolutionary” novel physical agent: the electromagnetic fields (EMFs) emitted by cellular phones, base stations, as well as other types of wireless communication technologies. More than 10 years ago several studies reported that cognitive functions of human beings may have been altered while exposed to radiofrequency (RF) EMFs. Yet, the genuine effect of these non-ionizing radiations on human behaviour was not replicated by several other recent and more methodologically robust studies. Latest reviews and metanalyses confirmed the paucity of evidence in favour of psychomotor and cognitive effects of acute RF EMF exposure on human volunteers in well controlled laboratory settings. Thus, despite persisting concerns on potential biologic effects of acute RF EMFs irradiation, there is substantial lack of evidence that RF radiation can affect cognitive functions in humans.
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Users' Relevance on the Web
Inferential outcomes of interpreting other people’s stimuli (e.g. an utterance). These can be positive or detrimental to the person’s search for relevance.
Published in Chapter: Users' Relevance on the Web; From: Handbook of Research on Discourse Behavior and Digital Communication: Language Structures and Social Interaction
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Human Psychomotor Performance Under the Exposure to Mobile Phones-Like Electromagnetic Fields
The result of the irradiation exposure on, more generally, any cognitive activity measured by laboratory tasks.
Published in Chapter: Human Psychomotor Performance Under the Exposure to Mobile Phones-Like Electromagnetic Fields; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
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