WHAT DID THE
STUDY ACTUALLY FIND?
Research is more useful when you can see both the finding and the limit. Explore human studies, animal experiments and exposure measurements side by side.
Explore the sources ↓Start with a question
you actually have.
“What about the days
I can’t focus?”
Symptoms, memory tests, longer-term observations and a study designed with people reporting sensitivity. Read what each approach can answer, then see how to put an experience into words.
Read the symptoms & focus guide →You don’t need to speak “research.”
A study can be useful even when the answer is incomplete. These four terms help you understand what the authors are saying.
- Association
- Two things appeared together in the data. That alone does not show that one caused the other. Another factor, or the way the study was done, could help explain the pattern.
- No association found
- The study did not find a clear link for the exposure and outcome it examined. Read its size, measurements and follow-up before extending that result to other questions.
- Statistically significant
- The result passed a statistical test under the study’s assumptions. It can still be a small effect, and the test does not rule out bias or other explanations.
- Certainty of evidence
- How much confidence reviewers place in the finding. “Very low certainty” means the true result could be substantially different from the estimate.
More help: NIH: making sense of research results ↗ · Cochrane: interpreting evidence certainty ↗
Follow the evidence.
Choose a topic, compare results, then open a source to add it to a specific answer. This is a curated starting collection, not a systematic search of all research.
New to the measurements? Start with power-frequency fields, RF & wireless, infrared or light & sleep.
Make a gap specific.
“We need more research” is a starting point. A clear population, exposure and outcome make the request more useful.
Children? Workers? People with persistent symptoms?
Name the source, frequency, duration and how it would be measured.
Specify a health measure and a realistic follow-up period.
Cite a study’s limitation. Explain how new work would address it.
Find sources by question.
These counts describe this library only. Zero means we have not added a source here; it does not mean no research exists.