Effects of a video game intervention on symptoms, training motivation, and visuo-spatial memory in depression.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) often experience reduced affect, mood, and cognitive impairments such as memory problems. Although there are various treatments for MDD, many of them do not address the cognitive deficits associated with the disorder. Playing 3D video games has been found to improve cognitive functioning in healthy people, but it is not clear how they may affect depressed mood and motivation in people with MDD. The aim of this study was to investigate whether a six-week video game intervention leads to improvements in depressed mood, training motivation, and visuo-spatial (working) memory functions in patients with MDD.

Methods

A total of 46 clinically depressed individuals were randomly assigned to one of three groups: an experimental "

SUBMITTER: Bergmann M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10484510 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature