September 23, 2004
Mobile brain help claim dismissed
Experts have dismissed a suggestion that mobile phone radio waves could help children think more clearly, reports the BBC.
"The claims were made by David Butler, head of the National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations. "From a perspective of pupil performance it can enhance things, because that heating effect actually improves the neuron transfers between neural pathways, and therefore your thinking ability goes up".
Phone experts said while handsets did have a tiny heating effect, it was unlikely to be of any benefit.
The claims also contradict government advice, which says children should use mobiles as little as possible.
"It is not recommended that young children do use mobile phones. Under the age of eight, their brain is still developing."
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