This Is Your Brain on Cell Phones Is it just the crazies who think cell phone radiation causes cancer?

Talking on a cell phone excites the brain, Italian researchers find — but they don't know yet whether this is good or bad. When in use, cell phones emit an electromagnetic field. Different parts ...

Ninety-five percent own a cell phone of some kind. What's wrong with being a cell phone junkie? Obviously, there are some serious ramifications to having a cell phone habit.

The researchers used brain imaging to show that even just listening to a cell phone while driving cuts by more than third your attention to driving. Subjects inside an MRI brain scanner were ...

A PET scan shows activation in the part of the brain nearest a cell phone antenna when the phone is turned on (left) and off (right) Talking on a cell phone increases the activity in the parts of ...

Learn about how cell phones could be affecting your brain.

The questions center around cell phone usage, and how you might feel in a situation where you're unable to use your device. Though statements like "Running out of battery in my smartphone would ...

Radio waves from cell phones affect the metabolism of the brain, but it has nothing to do with cancer and there's no evidence they're harmful, a new study finds. A brain scan measured a 6 to 8 ...

Cell phone emissions excite the part of the brain cortex nearest to the phone, but it is not clear if these effects are harmful, Italian researchers reported on Monday. Their study, published in ...

Everyone's worst nightmare: A study from Sweden has linked cell or cordless phone use to an increased risk for glioma—the most common type of malignant brain tumor. The study team examined the ...

This means, if the language center of your brain is located on the left side, you probably hold your phone to your right ear so that the sound travels to the dominant brain region faster.

Brain Injury and Cell Phones To get one, just hold your smartphone up to your ear. Smartphones are incredibly convenient. However, holding your cell phone up to your ear, storing it in your pants ...