Can evidence change belief?. Reported mobile phone sensitivity following individual feedback of an inability to discriminate active from sham signals

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 453-460

  Nieto Hernandez, Rosa ^a   Rubin, G James ^a   Cleare, Anthony J ^a   Weinman, John A ^a   Wessely, Simon ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields; Electrosensitivity; Idiopathic environmental intolerance; Mobile phones; Provocation study; Reassurance

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FIELD EMISSION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PLACEBO EFFECT; PROVOCATION TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHAM PROCEDURE; SIGNAL DETECTION; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CELLULAR PHONE; COHORT STUDIES; CULTURE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53749083007     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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