Pilot study finds VR training benefit in depression

People with depression can sometimes have impaired memory, particularly for positive events, which can contribute to cognitive problems and impair their daily lives. Now, researchers in China say virtual reality-based training could help counteract that.

The team from Jinan and Guangdong Universities used a VR-based training programme designed to strengthen working memory – the retention of small packets of information in an accessible form – in a small, open-label study.