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standard-SPECT analysis recorded cerebral activity of 3 borderline personality disorder patients
and of a control subject. In borderline patients, but not in control subject, limbic areas, frontal and
prefrontal cortex activation was present perhaps to show a cognitive activity put in action in order
to manage the strong emotion triggered by video.
5138.198 Mental health and sexual orientation of females –the study of Japan and Taiwan,
Mei-Fun Kuang, Kazuhiko Nojima, Kyushu Univeristy, Japan
The study obtained the sample of the heterosexual and sexual minority females via the internet to
study the relationship between the mental health and sexual orientation of females in Japan and
Taiwan. Relative to heterosexuals, sexual minorities were siginificantly more likely to report the
experiences of depression, stress and thoughts of suicide but taking less counselling services. In
the substance uses, the results expressed the differences between the two cultures. The gender role
of the sexual minorities were also discussed.
5138.199 Predictive utility of protective factors in victims of child sexual abuse, Ginny Fullerton,
John Vincent, Gerald Harris, University of Houston, USA
Child victims of sexual assault experience a variety of short- and long-term psychological effects.
Heterogeneity of symptom presentations complicates treatment outcome studies, particularly when
asymptomatic children are included in the evaluation of pre-post gains. The child maltreatment
research has found three domains of factors thought to protect individuals from great distress
following victimization: child attributes, familial support, and community support (Garmezy,
1993). The aim of this study is to evaluate the utility of a composite of protective factors,
including, self-esteem, social competence, parental support, and demographic variables, for
predicting pretreatment symptomatology using structural equation modeling. Results and
implications are discussed.
5138.200 Recovering the 3D structure of a Necker cube defined by motion, Chak Pui Terence
Lee, Anthony Hayes, Sieu Khuu, HKU, Hong Kong, China
Motion as a cue for recovering depth from 2D images was investigated using
structure-from-motion stimuli, wherein randomly positioned dots move so as to simulate the
appearance of a revolving 3D cylinder. While the perceived direction of rotation of the cylinder is
ambiguous, and reverses spontaneously and intermittently, observers often miss physical reversals
of the stimulus. We investigate whether this behaviour generalises to a Necker cube defined by the
motion of randomly positioned dots. Observers always detected physical reversals; spontaneous
reversals occurred less frequently; the perceived configuration of the cube always changed with a
change in the perceived direction of motion.
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