Cognitive Changes in Chlldren from Frequent Use of Cell Phones [Telecommunications Health & Safety]

Cell phone use was shown to be associated with faster but less accurate response in cognitive-function tasks in children. With the exception of the complex word-naming tasks, results were similar for children reporting more cell phone calls or greater total number of SMS (short message service) or text messages per week. This suggested that these cognitive changes were not due to radio-frequency radiation exposure, if confirmed by subsequent experiments. Instead, the behavior may have resulted from more frequent use of cell phones.