fluctuations in natural magnetic field affecting human performance a study by tarmo koppel...
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Fluctuations in natural magnetic field affecting human
performance
A study by Tarmo Koppel
PRESENTATION at Tallinn University of Technology
on 02.04.2012
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Lets position this topic
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The position of this study
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The main research question:
• How do fluctuations in natural magnetic field affect people?
• Set of secondary questions:– how many people are affected
by natural EMF fluctuations– what symptoms do they endure– what makes thee people
different from the rest
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Data was collected by 1) questionnaire and 2) records from magnetic observatories
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There are different types of fluctuations in magnetic field
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METHOD
• period of 7 months
• magnetic field of Earth was monitored daily
• a questionnaire was distributed (included 44 symptoms)
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RESULTS
• A total of 2037 responses were collected
• Six events of high fluctuations in magnetic field were selected to study on
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RESULTS
DETAILED RESULTS NOT PUBLISHED YET
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Most reported symptoms
• fatigue
• drowsiness during the day
• dizziness
• waking up still tired
• sleep disturbances
DETAILED RESULTS NOT PUBLISHED YET
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An unexpected finding!
older people report less symptoms than
younger
in the aspect of EMFs - what makes younger people to report more
symptoms
DETAILED RESULTS NOT PUBLISHED YET
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A more detailed view on age group segmented symptoms
DETAILED RESULTS NOT PUBLISHED YET
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CONCLUSIONS
• why am I having those symptoms, cause I never had before ?
• The mechanics of exposure to electromagnetic fields– they accumulate
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2012-2013 we are in a unique situation
• We have had never so much EMFs
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Now, natural EMFs have more effect on person
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This study formed a new hypothesis
• younger people reported more symptoms because they use more elctronic devices – therefore are more exposed to the EMFs
• therefore a higher sensitivity to EMFs has developed
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Strengths of this study
• a large volume of respondents (2000+)
• an ample time series (7months)
• studied not only 1 but 6 events
• results give an estimate of people being affected by the phenomenon
• indicates gender differences
• raises a new interesting hypothesis
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Weaknesses of this study
• an open-access survey (not a cross-section of the society)
• self-reported data (it’s a questionnaire, not a medical examination)
• lacks of details profiling affected people(does not provide detailed info on persons being affected)
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