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

Muravieva, S.V., Pronin, S.V., Chomskiy, A.N.

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Муравьева С.В., Пронин С.В., Чомский А.Н. Использование систем виртуальной реальности для стимуляции работы зрительной системы пациентов, страдающих депрессией // Оптический журнал. 2019. Т. 86. № 11. С. 72–78. http://doi.org/10.17586/1023-5086-2019-86-11-72-78

Muravieva S.V., Pronin S.V., Chomskiy A.N. Using virtual reality systems to stimulate the visual system of patients with depression [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2019. V. 86. № 11. P. 72–78. http://doi.org/10.17586/1023-5086-2019-86-11-72-78

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

S. V. Murav’eva, S. V. Pronin, and A. N. Chomskiĭ, "Using virtual reality systems to stimulate the visual system of patients with depression," Journal of Optical Technology. 86(11), 734-738 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.86.000734

Abstract:

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.

Keywords:

cognitive visual evoked potentials, interactive virtual environment, magno and parvo systems, cognitive task

Acknowledgements:

The research was supported by the Program of Fundamental Scientific Research of State Academies in 2013–2020 (GP-14, section 63).

OCIS codes: 070.2615, 330.6110, 330.7329, 330.5380

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