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associated with c-erbB-2 gene expression and 70.2% of the patients were associated with BRCA1
gene expression. It was further found that breast cancer patients with p53 mutation or c-erbB-2
over-expression were more extraverted.
4083.22 Study on psychosomatic characteristics of obsessive-compulsive neurosis and its
cultural relevance, Yanchun Xu 1 , Hongzhong Qiu 1 , Yunchun Tai 2 , 1 Guangzhou University of
Traditional Chinese Medicine, China; 2 Sun Yat-sen University, China
To investigate psychosomatic characteristics of obsessive-compulsive neurosis and its cultural
relevance, 89 patients with obsessive-compulsive neurosis were assessed by the Family
Environment Scale-Chinese Version (FES-CV) and Five-pattern Character Scale of Traditional
Chinese Medicine, and examined by electrogastrograph. Results showed that patients with
obsessive-compulsive neurosis owned typical Taiyin personality. Electrogastrographies of most
patients were notably abnormal. Comparing with normal controls, significant difference was found
in most subscales of FES-CV, especially in the subscales of cohesion, confict and expressiveness.
The results of this study suggest that family environment and social cultural factor act important
roles in pathogenesis of obsessive-compulsive neurosis.
4083.24 Attentional control in children with ADHD on vigilance task of visual and auditory
modarities, Shinji Okazaki, Hisao Maekawa, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Characteristics of attentional control and vigilance in children with
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were examined by auditory and visually
presented vigilance task. Children with ADHD and age-matched normal control were engaged in
vigilance task. The response demand was changed in half of trials (ordinary and reversed session).
In ADHD group, vigilance decrement was higher than that in normal control. Rate of false
detection of target under reverse session in ADHD group was higher than that in normal control.
These results suggested that vigilance task in our study might evaluate a difficulty of sustained
attention and set shifting in ADHD.
4083.25 Visual search in children with high-functioning autism, Yuki Kawakubo, Chigusa
Yonaha, Hisao Maekawa, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Thirteen children with high-functioning autism (HFA) and 15 age-matched normal children were
required to discriminate hierarchically structured KANA characters. In the divided attention task,
participants responded to a target that could appear at the global level, the local level, or both
levels. In the selective attention task, participants were instructed to respond to either the global or
the local level. In the divided attention task, both children with HFA and normal children showed a
global precedence. However, the performance of the selective attention task suggests that children
with HFA have deficiencies in controlling their attention in the local attend condition.
4083.26 Social anxiety and alcohol use among cypriot and American college students, Georgia
Panayiotou 1 , Esther Y. Strahan 2 , Richard Clements 3 , 1 University of Cyprus, Cyprus;
2 3
Heidelberg College, USA; Valparaiso University, USA
Clinical research has documented a connection between social anxiety and increased alcohol
consumption. Anxious individuals are believed to use alcohol to “self-medicate” their anxiety.
However, studies with non-clinical populations, particularly women, indicate that increased social
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