The Emergent Role of Virtual Reality in the Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Disease

Benyoucef, Yacine; Lesport, Pierre; Chassagneux, Amani

doi:10.3389/fnins.2017.00491

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“…AR provides a continuous view of the physical world with an additional digital overlay, whereas pure VR does not incorporate the real world resulting in a fully synthetic artificial environment for users. AR interventions for mental health may be particularly powerful as they allow users to interact with virtual objects placed in the real world in real time (Benyousef et al, 2017). This can improve the ecological validity of training or interventions, increase the user's sense of presence and engagement with the intervention or experience (Waterworth and Riva, 2014), improve compliance and positive outcomes (Giglioli et al, 2015), and also potentially reduce some of the unwanted side effects associated with pure VR immersion, such as real-world environmental unawareness and cybersickness (Silva and Fernando, 2019;Saredakis et al, 2020).…”

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Effects on Mood and EEG States After Meditation in Augmented Reality With and Without Adjunctive Neurofeedback

Viczko

Tarrant

Jackson

2021

Front. Virtual Real.

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Research and design of virtual reality technologies with mental-health focused applications has increased dramatically in recent years. However, the applications and psychological outcomes of augmented reality (AR) technologies still remain to be widely explored and evaluated. This is particularly true for the use of AR for the self-management of stress, anxiety, and mood. In the current study, we examined the impact of a brief open heart meditation AR experience on participants with moderate levels of anxiety and/or depression. Using a randomized between-group design subjects participated in the AR experience or the AR experience plus frontal gamma asymmetry neurofeedback integrated into the experience. Self-reported mood state and resting-state EEG were recorded before and after the AR intervention for both groups. Participants also reported on engagement and perceived use of the experience as a stress and coping tool. EEG activity was analyzed as a function of the frontal, midline, and parietal scalp regions, and with sLORETA current source density estimates of anterior cingulate and insular cortical regions of interest. Results demonstrated that both versions of the AR meditation significantly reduced negative mood and increased positive mood. The changes in resting state EEG were also comparable between groups, with some trending differences observed, in line with existing research on open heart and other loving-kindness and compassion-based meditations. Engagement was favorable for both versions of the AR experience, with higher levels of engagement reported with the addition of neurofeedback. These results provide early support for the therapeutic potential of AR-integrated meditations as a tool for the self-regulation of mood and emotion, and sets the stage for more research and development into health and wellness-promoting AR applications.

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Effects on Mood and EEG States After Meditation in Augmented Reality With and Without Adjunctive Neurofeedback

Viczko

Tarrant

Jackson

2021

Front. Virtual Real.

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“…The combined system enables us to measure eye movements while showing VR animations. VR is also an effective tool for both diagnosis and intervention in the research field of neurodegenerative disorders ( 16 – 18 ). Previous studies reported that interventions with using VR technology improved motor and cognitive functions of people with disorders such as stroke, MCI, AD, and PD ( 19 , 20 ).…”

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Assessing Saccadic Eye Movements With Head-Mounted Display Virtual Reality Technology

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Towards a VIREAL Platform: Virtual Reality in Cognitive and Behavioural Training for Autistic Individuals

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Raza

2019

Advanced Computational Intelligence Techniques for Virtual Reality in Healthcare

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The Emergent Role of Virtual Reality in the Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Disease

Cited by 10 publications

References 30 publications

Effects on Mood and EEG States After Meditation in Augmented Reality With and Without Adjunctive Neurofeedback

Effects on Mood and EEG States After Meditation in Augmented Reality With and Without Adjunctive Neurofeedback

Assessing Saccadic Eye Movements With Head-Mounted Display Virtual Reality Technology

Towards a VIREAL Platform: Virtual Reality in Cognitive and Behavioural Training for Autistic Individuals

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