Human electrophysiological and cognitive effects of exposure to ELF magnetic and ELF modulated RF and microwave fields: A review of recent studies

被引:98
作者
Cook, CM
Thomas, AW
Prato, FS
机构
[1] St Josephs Hlth Care, Dept Nucl Med & MR, Lawson Hlth Res Inst, London, ON N6A 4V2, Canada
[2] Univ Western Ontario, Dept Med Biophys, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada
关键词
electroencephalography (EEG); evoked related potential (ERP); event related potential; cognitive processing;
D O I
10.1002/bem.107
中图分类号
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The investigation of weak (< 500 muT), extremely low frequency (ELF, 0-300 Hz) magnetic field (MF) exposure upon human cognition and electrophysiology has yielded incomplete and contradictory evidence that MFs interact with human biology. This may be due to the small number of studies undertaken examining ELF MF effects upon the human electroencephalogram (EEG), and the associated analysis of evoked related potentials (ERPs). Relatively few studies have examined how MF exposure may affect cognitive and perceptual processing in human subjects. The introduction of this review considers some of the recent studies of ELF MF exposure upon the EEG, ERPs and cognitive and perceptual tasks. We also consider some of the confounding factors within current human MF studies and suggest some new strategies for further experimentation. (C) 2002 Wiley-Liss Inc.
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页数:14
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