Mobile Phone Radiations Effect on the Synchronization Between Heart and Brain

This paper investigates the impact of radio frequency (RF) radiations from mobile phones operating in the standard frequency ranges of 2G and 3G mobile communications on the synchronization between heart and brain of the users. The coherence between Electrocardiogram (ECG) and Electroencephalogram (EEG) signals has been calculated in the real time when the subjects used mobile phones for their routine calls. The subjects are post graduate students and the investigations have been undertaken in five different modes viz. ideal mode, when no mobile phone is used; the reception (Rx) and transmission (Tx) modes in 2G and 3G communication named as 2GRx, 2GTx and 3GRx, 3GTx, respectively. For each channel on the brain, coherence has been calculated between ECG waves viz. P, QRS and T waves with the five brain waves viz; delta, theta, alpha, beta and gamma. The results obtained have been statistically analyzed using the SPSS statistical software. The findings of the presented work show that there exists a strong coherence between various heart and brain waves and the coherence strength is significantly affected under the impact of RF radiations for most of the heart and brain waves’ pairs. This study will help in developing a system for controlling desired brain waves by adjusting the corresponding heart waves under the controlled RF radiation exposure. The findings of this study may facilitate the extraction of EEG information from ECG traces for improved diagnosis.