Acute Effects of 50 Hz, 100 μT Magnetic Field Exposure on Visual Duration Discrimination at Two Different Times of the Day

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 310-317

  Kazantzis, Nikolaos ^a   Podd, John ^a,b   Whittington, Craig ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Extremely low frequency; Human performance; Statistical power; Visual discrimination

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FORCED CHOICE; CONDITION; DISCRIMINATION TASKS; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCIES; FIELD EXPOSURE; HUMAN PERFORMANCE; LIGHT FLASHES; MAGNETIC-FIELD; STATISTICAL POWER; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TIME; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031604242     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-186x(1998)19:5<310::aid-bem5>3.0.co;2-4     Document Type: Article

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