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Kang S, Kurtzberg TR. Reach for your cell phone at your own risk: The cognitive costs of media choice for breaks. J Behav Addict. 2019 Sep 1;8(3):395-403. doi: 10.1556/2006.8.2019.21. Epub 2019 Aug 16. PMID: 31418586; PMCID: PMC7044622. Excerpt: As people are increasingly addicted to their cell phones, it is important to know the unintended costs...
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Li H, Gao Y, Zou Y, Qiao S, Zhi W, Ma L, Xu X, Zhao X, Zhang J, Wang L and Hu X (2022) Associations Between a Polymorphism in the Rat 5-HT1A Receptor Gene Promoter Region (rs198585630) and Cognitive Alterations Induced by Microwave Exposure. Front. Public Health 10:802386. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.802386 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.802386/full According to the authors, the findings findings...
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Tyagi A, Prasad AK, Bhatia D. Effects of excessive use of mobile phone technology in India on human health during COVID-19 lockdown. Technol Soc. 2021;67:101762. doi:10.1016/j.techsoc.2021.101762 Abstract Objective The global health crisis in the form of COVID-19 has forced people to shift their routine activities into a remote environment with the help of technology. The outbreak...
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Credit for this post: Electromagnetic Radiation Safety To see abstracts for the most recent papers (or to download the 770-page document) go to:  Recent Papers Cellular Phone Use and Risk of Tumors: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 5G Wireless: Capabilities and Challenges for an Evolving Network (U.S. Government Accountability Office Health Council of the Netherlands Advisory...
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Credit for post: Professor Tom Butler and The EM Radiation Research Trust PDF https://www.radiationresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Digital-Technology-in-Education-Working-Paper-2019.pdf “Digital Technology is hardly the benign, neutral presence in education that we are often assured it to be” Selwyn (2015, p. 247) Abstract There is a dearth of scientific evidence and evidence-based practice to justify current levels of digital technology use for...
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Am J Mens Health. 2019 Jan-Feb;13(1):1557988318816914. doi: 10.1177/1557988318816914. Epub 2018 Dec 7 Meo SA1, Almahmoud M1, Alsultan Q1, Alotaibi N1, Alnajashi I1, Hajjar WM2. Author information 1 1 Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 2 2 Department of Thoracic Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Abstract The use of mobile phones has remarkably increased...
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J Biosci. 2018 Jun;43(2):263-276. Gupta SK1, Mesharam MK, Krishnamurthy S. Abstract Electromagnetic radiation (EMR) can induce or modulate several neurobehavioral disorders. Duration and frequency of exposure of EMR is critical to develop cognitive disorders. Even though EMR-2450 is widely used, its effects on cognition in relation to mitochondrial function and apoptosis would provide better understanding...
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May 15, 2017 What’s new? Announcing a Special Section of Child Development from © The Society for Research in Child Development, Inc. Contemporary Mobile Technology and Child and Adolescent Development, edited by Zheng Yan and Lennart Hardell, May 15, 2017 Article by Cindy Sage and Ernesto Burgio Abstract Mobile phones and other wireless devices that...
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