Using virtual reality systems to stimulate the visual system of patients with depression

摘要

The results of a study on the corrective effect of training using a visual-motor focused activity in a virtual environment on the functioning of the visual system of patients with depression are presented. The effects were evaluated using the method of cognitive visual evoked potentials. Digitally filtered images were used as visual stimuli in measuring such potentials. It was shown that in patients suffering from depression, the early stages of processing visual information are disrupted, mainly by the parvo channels, and stimulation using virtual reality systems makes it possible to correct these disruptions. (C) 2020 Optical Society of America