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VR Game Ties Depression To Brain Area

Posted by Zonk on from the get-out-of-my-head dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Science Daily is reporting that scientists are using a VR videogame that challenges spatial memory as a new tool to map out depression in the brain. 'Spatial memory' is how you orient yourself in space and remember how to get to places in the outside world. Researchers have found that depressed people performed poorly on the video game compared, suggesting that their hippocampi (where spatial memory is based) were not working properly."

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  1. Depression = Play Video Games! by Ice+Wewe · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    ...And for all of you who have really boring classes:

    "Teacher, I'm feeling depressed! Can I go play video games?"