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4028.145 Neuropsychological effects on Mexican children exposed to environmental pollution,
María Elena Navarro Calvillo, Jaqueline Calderón Hernández, Raúl Morales Villegas,
Fernando Díaz Barriga, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, México
The present study forms part of interdisciplinary investigation where the effects (neurological and
neuropsychological) of fluoride on children’s general health has been analysed. 150 children (from
6 to 8 years old) with the same social, economic and cultural characteristics have been evaluated.
The laboratory tests of measuring level of malnutrition, fluoride, cadmium and iron have been
carried out. Test of attention (CPT), Wechsler scale of intelligence, complex figure of
Rey-Osterrieth for children and test of linguistic abstraction have been used for the
neuropsychological evaluation. Results showed correlation between high levels of fluorine and
difficulties of attention, memory and cognitive process.
4028.146 The mental health status and personality character of the cadets who are military officers
in the epidemic period of SARS, Jiayan Tang, Xiangqian Han, Changyong Wang, Xuanxuan
Wang, Bo Jiang, Nanjing Institute of Politics, China
By using SCL-90 and EPQ, the research investigated 189 cadets in the epidemic period of SARS.
The result showed: 1) The score of 7 factor and total score of SCL-90 of the cadets were higher
than peacetime. 2) The percentages of those who have various mental health problems were
between 1.1% and 10.6%. 3) The score of depression and anxiety of the female cadets was notably
higher than that of the male cadets. 4)There was also difference in personality character between
those who have the mental health problems and those who have not. These findings may
contribute to the mental health education in the army.
4028.147 The effect of background music on restaurant customers’ spending, Adrian North 1 ,
Amber Shilcock 1 , David Hargreaves 2 , Lorraine Sheridan 1 , 1 University of Leicester, UK;
2
University of Surrey Roehampton
Classical music, pop music and no music were played in a restaurant over eighteen evenings.
MANOVA analysis indicated that classical music leading to higher spending per head than both no
music and pop music. Univariate analyses indicated differences between the conditions on mean
spend per head on starters, coffee, total spend on food and overall spend. These findings were
consistent with limited previous research indicating that background classical music led to a)
people reporting that they were prepared to spend more, and b) higher actual spending: The results
are discussed in terms of three possible explanations for this.
4028.149 Effects of noise, illumination and group size on learning efficiency, Li Zhang, Xue Sui,
Liaoning Normal University, China
This study, involving 26 undergraduates, explored the effects of noise and illumination and group
size on the learning efficiency. Each participant did words remembering and recalling task. The
results showed that: (1) The effect of group size on learning efficiency was not statistically
significant. (2) The noise had statistically significant effect on learning efficiency, F(1,19)=13.460,
p