The pattern glare and visual memory are disrupted in patients with major depressive disorder.

ABSTRACT: Visual memory impairment is one of the most commonly complained symptoms in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). Pattern glare is also a distorted visual phenomenon that puzzles patients with MDD. Nevertheless, how these two phenomena interact in MDD remains unknown. This study investigated the association between pattern glare and visual memory in MDD patients. Sixty-two patients with MDD and forty-nine age-, sex- and education level-matched healthy controls (HCs) were included in this study. The Pattern Recognition Memory (PRM) test and the Brief Visual Memory Test-Revised (BVMT-R) were applied to measure visual memory. The pattern glare test including three patterns with different spatial frequencies (SFs) was used to explore pattern glare levels. Patients with MDD scored lowe

SUBMITTER: Wang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9344705 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature