Effects of a 30 kV/m, 60 Hz electric field on the social behavior of baboons: A crossover experiment
- Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX (United States)
Using a crossover experimental design, we evaluated our earlier findings that exposure to a 30 kV/m, 60 Hz electric field for 12 hours per day, 7 days per week for 6 weeks produced significant changes in the performance rates of social behaviors among young adult male baboons. In the crossover experiment, the former control group was exposed to a 30 kV/m, 60 Hz electric field for 3 weeks. Only an extremely small, incidental magnetic field was generated by the exposure apparatus. We found that electric-field exposure again produced increases in the performance rates that index Passive Affinity, Tension, and Stereotypy. These findings, combined with results from our other electric-field experiments, indicate that exposure to strong electric fields, in the absence of associated magnetic fields, consistently produces effects that are expressed as increases in rates of performance of social behaviors in young adult male baboons.
- OSTI ID:
- 6833147
- Journal Information:
- Bioelectromagnetics (New York); (United States), Vol. 13:5; ISSN 0197-8462
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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