Effects of pulsed electromagnetic fields on cognitive processes - A pilot study on pulsed field interference with cognitive regeneration

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-52

  Maier, R ^a   Greter, S E ^a   Maier, H ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Johannes Muller Inst F Physiol C   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive processes; Order threshold; Psychophysiological test; Pulsed electromagnetic fields

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; BRAIN; CELLULAR PHONE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 3042703861     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2004.00260.x     Document Type: Article

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