[Psychophysiological indicators for children using mobile phones. Communication 2. Results of four-year monitoring]

Radiats Biol Radioecol. 2011 Sep-Oct;51(5):617-23.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

This study submits the results of a four-year monitoring of a complex diagnostics of the psychophysiological indicators for 196 children aged 7 to 12 years old: 147 of them are child users of mobile communication (test group) and 49 are in the control group. We have identified the following major trends of the psychophysiological indicators for child users of mobile communication: an increased number of phonemic perception disorders, abatement of efficiency, reduced indicators for the arbitrary and semantic memory, an increased fatigue. A steady decline of the parameters from high values to bottom standards has been found.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Brain* / physiology
  • Brain* / radiation effects
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Cell Phone* / statistics & numerical data
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cognition* / physiology
  • Cognition* / radiation effects
  • Functional Laterality
  • Humans
  • Psychomotor Performance* / physiology
  • Psychomotor Performance* / radiation effects
  • Psychophysiology
  • Radio Waves / adverse effects*
  • Reaction Time / physiology
  • Reaction Time / radiation effects
  • Task Performance and Analysis
  • Time Factors